“Blazing the way for younger women,” and “Women are stronger than men think”, that’s the wise words of two female police constables in the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) who got promoted to the rank of sergeant on the 5th of March, a few days before Solomon Islands joined the rest of the world…
The local boy band from Choviri in Central Honiara, Doorman’s Project or commonly known as DMP was excited to do a track recording with the touring Jamaican reggae legend Anthony B during his short visit over the weekend. The track will be the 5th international featured for the band’s upcoming 4th album which has been…
ARCHBISHOP Christopher Cardone on 26th February during the celebration of Ash Wednesday at Holy Cross Cathedral confirmed that this year’s Lenten season is a time of pray, repent and almsgiving. The church always has a Lenten fund that is offered to the Parishes in the Archdiocese and during a recent priest council meeting, they passed…
LEGENDARY Jamaican reggae artist Anthony B is set to rock fans at the Pacific Casino Hotel sea-front in a one night show in Honiara tonight. This would the first time for the reggae legend to visit the Solomon Islands to visit and the pacific islands and he is accompanied by his manager and the Australian…
More than 1000 people including students have attended Ash Wednesday celebration at Visale parish in North West Guadalcanal on Wednesday. Northwest Guadalcanal Solomon Star stringer John Toki said the celebration was a successful one based on the theme, ‘Turn to the God.’ The service was officiated by Fr John Peter Varea. He explained the celebration was…
The Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) has been a male dominated organisation since it was established in 1954, but efforts are now in place to change this around with the endorsement of the Gender Strategy 2019 – 2021. So why a Gender Strategy and what are the goals or the focus of this Strategy?…
THE Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Melanesia (ACOM) the most Reverend Archbishop Leonard Dawea has called on all ACOM schools to be more collaboration towards ensuring better school academic results every year. Rev. Dawea made the call during his sermon at the ACOM combined School Commissioning church service, Thursday. With the theme of the…
MEMBERS of the Catholic faith at Visale, northwest Guadalcanal, last week buried a sister who had served the church for over 55 years. Sister Augustina Margarita Gesuna died at the mission station on 16 January 2020 at the age of 84. She was born in 1934 at Ata’a village, Usu’usue Parish, northeast Malaita. Gesuna came…
THE British Artist Leonie Adams from the Dionysus Ensemble, a musical group, is currently in Honiara as part of their visit to the Music Club called Piano Association of Solomon Islands (PASI). Speaking in an interview with Paoa FM on Friday, Adams said the club has a lot of students learning piano and violin and…
DMP’s band manager and promoter DJ Victor Lopez said the local boy band is currently working on an album and they have few surprise features installed for the upcoming 4th album. DJ Lopez told the Solomon Star that the album has been in the making for two months now and they are still working on few…