CHURCH leaders have successfully completed a weeklong Training of Trainers workshop from 12th-15th June, 2023 in Honiara. The workshop was attended by the leaders and representatives from the Anglican Church of Melanesia (ACoM), United Church Solomon Islands (UCSI), Seventh Day Adventist (SDA), South Seas Evangelical Church (SSEC), Catholic Church (CC), Solomon Islands Christian Association (SICA)…
Dear Editor, More than two decades ago when I took over command of the then Solomon Islands Police Force (SIPF) public trust in the local police force was low, exacerbated by a critical shortage of budgetary support from the government of the day, a strict moratorium on recruitment, personnel having to wear shabby, old uniforms,…
Solomon Islands as a signatory to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on 23rd of September 2008, officially deposited the Instrument of Ratification to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on 22nd of June 2023. The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was adopted at the sixty…
MULTIPURPOSE hall was fully packed to the brim with people who came out to witness the first ever boxing Pacific Challenge 2023 in Honiara on Wednesday night. Despite tickets being sold for $100 per person, people came in numbers to witness Fijian boxers take on Solomon Islands boxers as part of their preparations for the…
THE AUKI Catholic diocese members and the respective Catholic parishioners in Malaita province will soon miss the presence of their beloved bishop, Peter Houhou from the diocese. This comes after the announcement of Bishop Houhou’s new appointment as the new bishop for Gizo Catholic diocese in Western Province. He served as Catholic bishop for six…
A single mother has appealed for a registered nurse to be posted to Ughele clinic to address the health service catastrophe in the Ughele Community, which holds more than an estimated population of 2,000 people. Ughele clinic is one of the biggest clinics located in South Rendova in Western Province. She made the appeal after…
King Charles III’s Solomon Islands representative, Sir David Vunagi, highlights the key symbolism of the monarch’s birthday anniversary as Honiara celebrates the 74th anniversary THE Governor General, Sir David Vunagi, has ascribed the celebration of King Charles III’s 74th birthday anniversary by Solomon Islands last Friday as a celebration of connectedness, world peace, unity, friendship…
The country’s two famous music artists better known by their stage names, Bibao and Lonna, are set to perform live at the double A night club in Noro, Western Province, at the end of this month. The live performance scheduled for June 30 will be the first one in Noro for two artists behind the…
Since May 2022, the Iumi Tugeda Helpem Solomon Aelans Def Komiuniti: Inclusive Education project has been working to improve people’s ability to communicate with the deaf and hard of hearing and increase opportunities for deaf people in Solomon Islands. The Catholic Education Office, Archdiocese of Honiara, which operates San Isidro Care Centre and School for…
KOLOALE FC goalkeeper, Sylvester Maenu’u has won the OFC Women’s Champions League Golden Glove award. The awards have been handed out at the inaugural OFC Women’s Champions League in Port Moresby. A statement from the OFC Media highlighted that Sylvester Maenu’u was a consistent source of frustration for opposition attackers, producing a number of outstanding…