Mrs Jean Pichu’s vision was realised recently when the Niu Areata women’s weaving and sewing project was completed with the assistance of the Australian High Commission’s Direct Assistance Program (DAP). Recently, Second Secretary Ben O’Reilly travelled to the Weathercoast to hand over the $48,000dollar project and to better understand some of the challenges faced by…
Mr. Takuya Shizumi is from Japan who came to the Banana and Kakamora Land in 2012 under the JOCV program. He is a physiotherapist by profession, qualified in that field and very experienced, committed and dedicated to his job just like all Japanese are. When he arrived in Kirakira Hospital in 2012, he was assigned…
The Solomon Islands Government has been urged to develop a clear, long-term plan to help people still living in evacuation centres since April’s devastating floods. The Government has attempted to close the centres, but extended their operation until the end of the month after protests from flood victims. Solomon Islands Development Trust says a two-way…
Solomon Islands New South Wales community has offered a timely donation to assist the April 3 flood victims. About 200 bags of rice and 90 cartons of Solomon blue tuna has been donated to the flash flooding victims last week. The goods have been handed over on Wednesday to the Dorcas Welfare SDA federation and…
The weeklong centenary celebration in Viru, Western province marking the arrival of the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) Church has ended yesterday. UP to 5,000 Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) members have congregated at Viru last week to celebrate the arrival of the SDA gospel in the country. The week-long celebration was officially opened by Prime Minister…
Three Melanesian countries including Australia will attend the Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) youth convention in Honiara next week. They are Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea (PNG), Fiji and Australia. Youths representative from these countries will start arriving this weekend to take part at the SDA youths convention. A Solomon Island Mission (SIM) spokesperson told the Solomon…
With the 5th Melanesian festival of arts and culture kicking off this Saturday at Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (PNG) the small Florida Island in Central Island Province will also be hosting its 3rd yacht festival starting this Friday. The festival will be held at Roderick Bay Hideaway. Premier of Central Island province and other…
The voices of young people should be considered by decision makers in the Pacific because they will live with the impacts and consequences of climate change and gender inequality, says Christina Ora of Solomon Islands. Ms Ora was in Nadi recently for the Pacific Partnerships to strengthen gender, climate change response and sustainable development. She…
MORE than a hundred fifty (150) local students have successfully completed their training under the Australia-Pacific Technical College (APTC) during a graduation cermeony last Thursday. This was by far the largest number to have graduated from the institution since the inception of the program. The graduation ceremony was attended by minister of education Dick Ha’amori,…
Preparations for the upcoming trade expo in Honiara which is set to begin on the 6th of July 2014 is progressing well. The chairman of the trade expo Redley Raramo confirmed this on Sunday. “I’m pleased to confirm that work has progressed well over the past weeks and I must commend my committee members and…