Elizabeth’s Story of Entrepreneurship and Determination
BY CHRIS ALEX
24-year-old Elizabeth Ratu who made her way to become an entrepreneur and manageress of the Lokol Impact, a local fabric printing business, recently bagged the 2022 Young Entrepreneurs Council Solomon Islands (YECSI)...
Lalita Speaks of Her Journalism Journey through University
BY JOHN HOUNIHAU
“SOLOMON Islands National University gave me a place to start my journey in journalism,” said Lalita Atangaoi Hong, who graduated with a certificate in Journalism and Media in 2021, at the University’s...
Local Talent Turns Her Passion into Hair Salon Business
BY CHRIS ALEX
THE ‘Qalia Hair Salon’ is among the newly registered small businesses in the Solomon Islands' growing hair and beauty industry.
Since January 2023, Kaylin Kealoe, 26, has been at the helm of the...
Tuvaruhu Girls Recycling Plastic Bottles into Bricks
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU
RESILIENCE, Innovation and Social Change Girls Club which consists of young girls based in the Tuvaruhu community, Central Honiara are cleaning the environment by recycling plastic bottles into bricks and pavers.
Tonnes of...
Doctor Pleads For the Safe Return of His Daughters
A Solomon Islands’ doctor, Dr Jack Siwainao from Malaita has made an appeal via Social Media for responsible authorities from both Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands to assist in sending home his two...
Melanie Continues Battle against Uterine Cancer
BY JOHN HOUANIHAU
WHEN aged 29, June Melanie Pelomo started experiencing continuous severe lower back and hip bone pain with abnormal bleeding when she was initially working at a meat company called Teys Australia Beenleigh...
Celebrating Maggie Vatia – 32 Years’ Service With Solomon Airlines
WHEN Margaret Vatia left her home Gizo in the Western Province in 1989, she travelled to Honiara to pursue her dream of becoming a flight attendant for Solomon Airlines.
Not only did she achieve her...
Margaret Unleashes Her Passion for Cloth Dyeing into Entrepreneurial Success
BY CHRIS ALEX
BORN and raised in Gizo Island, Western Province, the remote region of the Solomon Islands is Margaret Qae, a former secondary mathematics teacher, who later turned entrepreneur.
With an artistic background in the...
Trafficking of Women and Girls Thrives in Solomon Islands
BY ALEX DADAMU
ALTHOUGH the trafficking of persons for sexual exploitation especially of women and girls is not a highly organized movement, it is still present and thriving in the Solomon Islands.
According to the 2022...
Meet Phyllis, A Honey Entrepreneur with a Passion to Empower Rural Beekeepers
BY CHRIS ALEX
IN the bustling urban setting of Honiara, Solomon Islands, a young and ambitious entrepreneur is making a scene in the emerging honey industry of the country.
Phyllis Kakaluae, 25, has a passion for...
