THE Seventh-Day Adventist Church has successfully held a Digital Discipleship program at Maranatha Hall in East Honiara on Sunday. The three-day training program commenced on Friday. A statement from SDA Solomon Islands stated that this is part of a global Adventist initiative. “It is an initiative by the church that is rolled out right around…
STAGE 2 of the Family Support Centre (FSC) Male Advocacy Program (MAP) Workshop on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality is currently underway at the Saint Barnabas Cathedral Hall. The five-day training commenced on Monday. MAP is aimed at preventing violence by addressing two key factors that contribute to Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) and these…
Former Media Association of Solomon Islands (MASI) president, Georgina Kekea has been nominated as part of the Commonwealth Expert Team (CET) to observe the October 30 elections in the African nation of Botswana. Kekea, who was MASI president since 2019 until September this year, flew out of the country on Sunday to join the mission.…
The Development Services Exchange (DSE), as an umbrella body for NGOs, stands in solidarity with the Solomon Islands National Council of Women (SINCW) and the Honiara Council of Women in condemning the recent cases of attacks and attempted abductions targeting teenagers, young women and school children. These actions are criminal under the laws of the…
The second Bonfire Festival, held at the Heritage Park Hotel car park in Honiara on Saturday, 12th October, made a significant impact on the tourism, communication, and transportation sectors. The one-night event attracted a large audience, including international visitors and musicians from Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu, who came to perform. The festival’s organizer and…
The Solomon Islands National Council of Women (SINCW) strongly condemns the several recent incidences where unknown masked men are attacking, hurting to even attempt kidnapping of young school girls. In a statement over the weekend the women’s premier body said, recent posts on social media describing how these girls are being followed and attacked by…
Women from communities in the Tina River Hydropower Development catchment came together to mark International Day of Rural Women (IDRW) and World Food Day (WFD) on October 15 and 16, with a celebratory event at the Garivera Nature Park. People from the Mbahomea, Malatoha and Belaha communities took part in a variety of cultural and…
THE Ministry of Health and Medical Services (MHMS) is collaborating with Faith-Based Organizations (FBOs) in the country to address the issue of high rate of Non-Communicable Disease (NCDs). The NCDs prevention and control: ‘Linking FBOs and Non-Communicable Diseases Summit’ held last week in Honiara brought together more than 20 church representatives. The Ministry of Health…
AFTER years of hard work and sleepless nights, 120 students of Don Bosco Technical Institute (DBTI) graduated last Friday with certificates in various programs they successfully undertook. The 2024 Graduation Ceremony filled the school hall with cheers, applauses and a palpable sense of accomplishment as students marked a monumental milestone in their educational journey. The…
Hailing last weekend’s Melanesian music-oriented Bonfire Festival in Honiara a major success, Bronze sponsor Tourism Solomons has described the event as providing an ideal blueprint for local event planners – be the event musical, cultural or sporting – to start looking at ways these events can be promoted in overseas markets. Tourism Solomons CEO (acting),…