Posts Tagged ‘Television’

Samoa’s Congregational Church launches radio and TV outlets Comments 0

Friday, May 17th, 2013
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On Thursday the Congregational Christian Church of Samoa (EFKS) launched radio and TV outlets in Apia. EFKS media opened with 80 percent coverage of the country. “We hope to have complete coverage in three months,” says Chairman of the General Assembly, Rev. Elder Tautiaga Senara. Both the radio and TV outlets will be under the Read more

Pontifical university will study Downton Abbey dad Comments 0

Friday, November 30th, 2012
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Lord Grantham from Downton Abbey will be among television’s father figures to be studied at an academic conference sponsored by the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in the new year. The conference will be called conference “The Figure of the Father in Television Series”, and it will feature speakers comparing how British and American Read more

Prayer cuts the risk of developing Alzheimers disease Comments 0

Tuesday, July 31st, 2012
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A new Israeli-American study has found that women can halve the risk of developing Alzheimers disease by praying regularly. The research was conducted among 600 residents over the age of 65 in the Arab community of Wadi Ara in northern Israel. It could not determine whether prayer cuts the risk of developing Alzheimers disease among Read more

Samoa’s Congregational Christian Church to set up a TV station Comments 0

Friday, July 27th, 2012
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The Congregational Christian Church of Samoa has confirmed the purchase of the old Samoa Observer premises. The property will be used by the church to set up a TV station. The general secretary of the Church, Rev. Dr Iutisone Salevao, said the idea has been in the pipeline for about five years but after its Read more

Half a Million dollars for GC but nothing for TVNZ 7 Comments 2

Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
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TV3 says 413,400 viewers aged five or older watched the first episode of GC, a reality show about a group of young Maori on the Gold Coast. It was watched by 42 per cent of Maori watching television It out-rated 3News and Campbell Live and became a trending topic world wide on Twitter, but attracted Read more

Pope Benedict: No full answer to suffering Comments 0

Saturday, April 23rd, 2011
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Pope Benedict admitted to asking himself why so many children had to suffer in natural disasters such as the Japanese earthquake. The admission came on a television programme the pontiff participated in. Pope Benedict went on to say ”We don’t have the answers, but we know that Jesus suffered as innocent children suffer.” The pope’s comments on Read more