More than 40 candidates from the four Catholic Communities in Ulawa District under the patronage of Saint John the Baptist Kirakira Parish received the sacrament of Confirmation at St Joseph chapel Su’umoli by Archbishop Chris Cardone OP last week. Conformation is one of the seven sacraments and the third sacrament in the Roman Catholic Church…
Archbishop Christopher M Cardone Op of the Catholic Church last week visited the communities of Ulawa District in Makira Ulawa Province. His Pastoral visitation to the province was to meet with people of Ulawa District. The chairman, John Wala’ala, welcomed His Grace on behalf of the Su’umoli communities. “I wish to warmly welcome you to…
BY now you might have heard the “Half Tikopia” song as it dominates the airwaves, especially on Paoa FM. The artist behind this song is the 24-year-old Phillip Lauka of North Choiseul and North Malaita descent. Known as ‘Black M’, music for Phillip is just a hobby. “I listen to music every day, and I…
FUNKY and Rushee are hitting the airwaves again with their brand new single “Nice Bola Lo Kula”. The new song featured other notable artists in PNG like Young Dee, Drex Blunteh and J Liko who is also part Solomon Islands. The brothers Funky & Rushee are currently based in Port Moresby and have been living…
SINCE its inception in 2004, Solomon Islands Women in Business (SIWIBA) has always been a Honiara based association. Not because we decided to keep it that way but due to financial constraints has not been able to. However, it has always been a long time dream to eventually reach out to the provinces when time…
AUSTRALIAN-BASED Solomon Islands Hip Hop artist, Kera, working in collaboration with local artist Radical T.K have established a music production studio-”warrior records” at Gizo in the Western province. Speaking to Paoa FM, Kera said the studio was implemented to help boost the local talented artists down in the western province, and other artist around the…
MORE than 500 members of the Koa Hill Anglican congregation in central Honiara convened on Sunday 24th September to mark their church’s Saint Bishop Patterson Day. The church was named after a martyr Bishop John Coleridge Patterson from England who was murdered at Nukapu, an atoll in the Reef Islands in the Santa Cruz Islands,…
HONIARA will stage the country’s biggest reggae concert next weekend. The Pacific Islands reggae sensations Naio from Vanuatu and Solomon Islands very own Native Stoneage will perform at Art Gallery showground on Saturday September 30 and Sunday October 1. Organiser of the concert Allan Siau told the Solomon Star that this two-day concert marks a…
Police have highlighted a Rights Based approach in advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment during the launching of the Essential Services package last Thursday at the Mendana Hotel. Deputy Commissioner Gwen Ratu stated that there are two distinct priorities in RSIPF for the development of women. She said that under the Crime Prevention Strategy, they…
THE Young Women’s Parliamentary Group (YWPG) is again taking the lead in in advocating to end cervical cancer. The group did a group pap’s smear test at the Solomon Islands Planned Parenthood Association (SIPPA) clinic on Tues 12 September 2017. A statement from the group said, this is part of their ongoing advocacy to end…