• Guadalcanal Schools Supported with Menstrual Hygiene Kits
    Tuesday, April 8, 2025 from Solomon Times Online
    World Vision Solomon Islands (WVSI) officially handed over much-needed menstrual hygiene kits to St. Francis Community High School and Selwyn College, marking a significant step towards ensuring girls can consistently attend their classes.
  • THE MAN WHO CALCULATED DEATH PODCAST RAKES IN THE AWARDS*–FOR GOOD REASON
    Wednesday, June 11, 2025 from Hawaii Reporter
    Editor’s Note: Full disclosure: I unabashadly dig this podcast. The Man Who Calculated Death dives deep into the tangled World War II family history of Emmy Award-winning journalist Suzanne Rico. I first heard about it from my...
  • CBSI Grants Money Transfer Service License to IumiCash
    Wednesday, April 9, 2025 from Solomon Times Online
    The Central Bank of Solomon Islands (CBSI) has officially granted IumiCash ltd with a Money Transfer Service (MTS) license.
  • DOT targeting cruise ships to achieve emission goals clearly a red flag
    Monday, July 21, 2025 from Hawaii Reporter
    By Keli‘i Akina Hawaii has a problem. When the only plan to accomplish certain goals is to put people out of work and damage the state’s economy, you know we have to look for a better way. My latest case in point is the new...
  • Economic stabilisation, stimulus rollout and digital reform key priorities: DPM Koanapo
    Saturday, May 10, 2025 from Vanuatu Daily Post - news,news/
    Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) and Minister of Finance and Economic Management, Johnny Koanapo, said the government has made substantial progress in stabilising the economy and advancing key reforms since taking office in February, but...
  • Masalomia le iai o Aisa i totonu o se afifi na maua i le malaevaalele
    Thursday, January 30, 2025 from Samoa News
    [ata: foa'i] By  LALI STAFF Pago Pago - AMERIKA SAMOA O se vaitaimi o le ogatotonu o Oketopa, na fa’afeso’ota’i ai e le Ofisa  o Tiute ia le Ofisa a Leoleo, e tusa ai ma ni vaega o fualaau faasaina, sa masalomia i se su’esu’ega na...
  • Nonprofit Blankety Blank
    Thursday, July 17, 2025 from Hawaii Reporter
    This week, we are going to add our two cents’ worth to the controversy surrounding Senate Bill 933, now Act 310 of 2025.  That bill puts $50 million in the hands of a four-person committee, which will distribute the money among...
  • Chef marks seven years of success
    Sunday, November 1, 2020 from Cook Islands News: Latest news, sports, politics, health, environment and opinion in Rarotonga and the outer islands
    Since 2013, Waterline executive chef Jaime Wilfredo Ertez has been drawing on his world travels, cooking up eclectic fare from an evolving menu.
  • I can hardly wait for Hawaii’s new cottage food rules to be completed
    Tuesday, July 29, 2025 from Hawaii Reporter
    By Keli‘i Akina Hawaii Island farmer Rourk Reagan of Pukana Lā Farms in Waiohinu wants to more easily produce and sell jams, relishes and sauces made with local ingredients. Sally Stewart of Sally Jane’s Sweets and Savories, based in...
  • The Unseen Stopper Committees
    Thursday, June 5, 2025 from Hawaii Reporter
    Although we’re done with this year’s legislative session, there are still a few issues swirling that may shape our future legislature’s consideration of bills. One of these is the fate of an informal practice in both the House and the...
  • Building Schools
    Thursday, July 3, 2025 from Hawaii Reporter
    In this past legislative session, we were closely watching a bill that would have axed the “school impact fees” that housing developers now have to pay.  As we have pointed out before, the fees have been collected but have not been...
  • Rising dengue fever cases close schools until further notice
    Friday, August 15, 2025 from Talamua On-line
    By Lagi Keresoma/ Apia, Samoa – 15 August 2025: The rising number of dengue fever cases in the country has continued the closure of all schools until further notice. The National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) decision was announced...
  • Putting American Samoa on the global map
    Wednesday, January 29, 2025 from Samoa News
    The American Samoa Visitors Bureau team proudly represented our beautiful islands at the Travel & Adventure Show in New York City, this past weekend. These trade shows are an incredible opportunity to showcase American Samoa’s unique...
  • Constitutional Expenditure Controls
    Thursday, July 31, 2025 from Hawaii Reporter
    Recently I was reading through the proceedings of the 1978 Constitutional Convention.  The last time our State had a constitutional convention was almost fifty years ago.  The delegates to that convention included several people who are...
  • 101,981 to vote in general election
    Thursday, August 14, 2025 from Talamua On-line
    By Lagi Keresoma/ Apia, Samoa – 14 August 2025: The Electoral Commissioner Toleafoa Tuiafelolo John Stanley has confirmed that 101,981 voters are cleared to vote in the 29 August 2025 upcoming election. The final number was confirmed...
  • Tikopia Community Celebrate New Water Supply
    Wednesday, April 2, 2025 from Solomon Times Online
    After more than two decades of hardship and limited access to clean water, four communities in the Faea District and one St. John Community of Ravenga District of Tikopia Island are finally celebrating a sustainable solution to their...
  • Supporting families who need medication
    Sunday, November 1, 2020 from Cook Islands News: Latest news, sports, politics, health, environment and opinion in Rarotonga and the outer islands
    New Zealand-based RaroGo has evolved into a one stop shop service of procuring and processing items to be airfreighted back to Rarotonga, says its managing director Maire Browne.
  • 18 months on from Tropical Cyclone Lola devastation, families find new ways to adapt
    Saturday, May 10, 2025 from Vanuatu Daily Post - news,news/
    Eighteen months after Tropical Cyclone (TC) Lola—one of the most powerful off-season storms to strike the Pacific—families in Vanuatu are embracing innovative strategies to prepare for future climate-driven disasters, including...
  • Woman says ex pressed for baby, didn't know her plan to kill
    Wednesday, September 26, 2018 from KHNL - National - Headline
    A woman convicted of killing a North Dakota woman whose baby was cut from her womb testified Tuesday that her ex-boyfriend had pressured her to "produce a baby" after figuring out she had lied about being pregnant.
  • New Girls Dormitory Boosts Education Access
    Monday, April 7, 2025 from Solomon Times Online
    Allardyce Provincial Secondary School in Isabel Province received a new girls’ dormitory and ablution block funded by the Australian and New Zealand governments in partnership with the Ministry of Education and Human Resources...
  • Solomon Islands Workers Shine at Agri Labour Australia Awards in Victoria
    Tuesday, April 8, 2025 from Solomon Times Online
    Solomon Islands workers were honoured for their outstanding performance at the Agri Labour Australia Awards Night, held at Moe in Victoria over the weekend.
  • Te Ipukarea Society: Renewed call for moratorium on deep-sea mineral exploitation
    Sunday, November 1, 2020 from Cook Islands News: Latest news, sports, politics, health, environment and opinion in Rarotonga and the outer islands
    OPINION: Cook Islands has moved a step closer to extracting valuable minerals from its ocean floor following the launch of seabed exploration license a week ago. In this week’s column, local environment group Te Ipukarea Society explain...
  • Strengthening Faith Through Language
    Thursday, April 3, 2025 from Solomon Times Online
    In the remote Reef Islands, the Mikilinäve Äiwoo Translation Ministry is committed to see the Scriptures translated into the Äiwoo Language.
  • What If AI Doesn’t Replace Us… But Reveals Who We Really Are?
    Sunday, June 22, 2025 from Hawaii Reporter
    The Future of Leadership in a World That’s Done with Hustle Guest author: Terra Ann Pracht You’ve probably heard the conversations: AI is coming for our jobs. The knowledge economy is shifting. The world is changing faster than we can...
  • Election Court recommends separate forms for religious & cultural Monotaga
    Saturday, August 16, 2025 from Talamua On-line
    By Lagi Keresoma/ Apia, Samoa – 16 August 2025: The Electoral Court has issued recommendations for the Office of the Electoral Commission (OEC) to assist bring clarity to aspects of candidates qualifications following this weeks...
  • 2025 Legislative Wrap-Up
    Friday, May 9, 2025 from Hawaii Reporter
    Our legislature is done for the year. Bills that survived the last-minute scramble are now on their way to the Governor‘s desk, where he has until the latter part of next month to decide whether he will veto any bills.  And yes,...
  • PENAMA schools embrace vernacular teaching to boost early learning
    Saturday, May 10, 2025 from Vanuatu Daily Post - news,news/
    With support from local educators, five key primary schools in PENAMA Province received training in vernacular language teaching and are now delivering lessons in local languages to support early learning through the language children...
  • Driving Standards to Improve as Honiara Traffic Increases
    Wednesday, April 9, 2025 from Solomon Times Online
    The Ministry of Infrastructure Development is enhancing driving standards to ensure a safer future for all road users.
  • Electric Ghosts and Surf Psych: Dengue Fever Returns to Phnom Penh
    Friday, May 9, 2025 from Hawaii Reporter
    by Joe Cummings By the time the tuk-tuk reached Phnom Penh Island Club, the sky was already rusting over with twilight. A cottony haze hung above the Bassac River, where dragonflies hovered like stage lights testing the water. Onshore,...
  • Independent Election Candidates Launch Manifesto
    Friday, August 15, 2025 from Talamua On-line
    Independents group By Lagi Keresoma/ Apia, Samoa – 14 August 2025: The Independent candidates for the upcoming general election came together under the banner Independent Together yesterday to launch a manifesto. At the outset of the launch, the...
  • Andrea Constand's impact statement: Bill Cosby 'robbed me'
    Wednesday, September 26, 2018 from KHNL - National - Headline
    Andrea Constand's victim impact statement: Bill Cosby 'took my beautiful, healthy young spirit and crushed it'.
  • Civil asset forfeiture in Hawaii ‘a system ripe for abuse’
    Wednesday, May 14, 2025 from Hawaii Reporter
    By Keli‘i Akina Imagine having the police seize your car because someone stole it and used it in a crime. Now the car’s gone, and there’s nothing you can do about it. Well, that’s exactly what happened to Darrell Teixeira of...
  • Schatz is proof that housing reform has become a nonpartisan issue
    Thursday, August 7, 2025 from Hawaii Reporter
    Sen. Brian Schatz, third from right, looked on as Gov. Josh Green signed housing reform measure SB3202 in 2024. Photo courtesy of the Office of the Governor. By Keli‘i Akina A U.S. senator recently made the following statement about the...
  • Solomon Islands and San Marino Establish Diplomatic Relations
    Wednesday, April 9, 2025 from Solomon Times Online
    The Agreement to establish diplomatic relations was signed by Her Excellency Mrs. Jane Waetara, Permanent Representative of Solomon Islands to the United Nations, and His Excellency Damiano Beleffi, Permanent Representative of San Marino...
  • 70 male inmates pardoned, no female detainees currently in Port Vila Centre
    Saturday, May 10, 2025 from Vanuatu Daily Post - news,news/
    Seventy male inmates have been granted a presidential pardon under the Commutation of Sentence Order No. 86 of 2025, following an official instrument signed and gazetted on May 2, 2025.
  • An amazing journey of recovery and hope
    Sunday, November 1, 2020 from Cook Islands News: Latest news, sports, politics, health, environment and opinion in Rarotonga and the outer islands
    Cool, calm and collected Mata Pera is a feisty warrior who has battled breast cancer.
  • Progress made in permitting reform as governor signs two bills into law
    Tuesday, July 15, 2025 from Hawaii Reporter
    Photo by Mark Coleman By Keli‘i Akina After years of complaints and horror stories, policymakers can finally say they’ve taken decisive action to address Hawaii’s notorious permitting delays. SB66, now Act 295, might not be as...
  • Twenty Years of Nickels
    Thursday, June 26, 2025 from Hawaii Reporter
    Many times over the years, we have put pen to paper (in the virtual sense at least) writing about HI-5 beverage container deposits.  Our most recent article on the subject was in January, where we observed that the State Auditor had...
  • Trump White House rescinds order freezing federal grants after widespread confusion
    Thursday, January 30, 2025 from Samoa News
    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s budget office on Wednesday rescinded an order freezing spending on federal grants, less than two days after it sparked widespread confusion and legal challenges across the country, according to...
  • City Council Demolition Operation Continues
    Monday, April 7, 2025 from Solomon Times Online
    The Honiara City Council (HCC), in collaboration with the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF), the Police Response Unit (PRU) officers, has intensified operation to demolish illegal structures (Houses) behind the Multi-Purpose...
  • Patipatia e le Faipule a Swains ia le pasiaina o le HR 6062 ma lana faamaninoga i le mafuaaga na ia tete’e ai
    Thursday, January 30, 2025 from Samoa News
    [ata: foa'i] By  LALI STAFF Pago Pago - AMERIKA SAMOA O le aso Tofi, Ianuari 16, 2025 na amata aloaia ai e le Failautusi o le Initeria ia le suiga e pei ona pasia e tagata palota o Amerika Samoa, i le 2022 (Constitutional...
  • Blogger Mau Hunt slapped with another charge 
    Wednesday, August 13, 2025 from Talamua On-line
    By Lagi Keresoma/ Apia, Samoa – 13 August 2025: Police have filed a new charge against blogger Mau Hunt based on social media post accusing police of raiding his relatives house at Lotofagā, Safata, when there was no one there as...
  • Stunning location and sensational sounds
    Sunday, November 1, 2020 from Cook Islands News: Latest news, sports, politics, health, environment and opinion in Rarotonga and the outer islands
    Covid-19 has made it virtually impossible for DJ duo Coco House Bros - Mark Zow and Mr E to tour internationally, so they decided to give back to the people of Rarotonga.
  • O OE O LOU TAMA
    Tuesday, January 28, 2025 from Samoa News
    [ata: foa'i] By  Okalani Etuati Vaega 145 Taeao Manuia. Taeao Totoa, i le mamalu o le tatou aufaitau nusipepa i lenei taeao fou.  Tatou te tau fai sii le Viiga ma le Faamanu i le Silisili Ese, i Lana tausiga alofa ma Lana  tausiga...
  • Loka se tamaloa i lona fa’alala o se agaese i tagata o lona aiga
    Tuesday, January 28, 2025 from Samoa News
    [ata: foa'i] By  LALI STAFF Pago Pago - AMERIKA SAMOA E fa faitauga o moliaga ua faasaga i se tamaloa e 46 tausaga lea na molia i se faalavelave na tupu i le po o Novema 2, 2024, ina ua tu’ua’ia i lona faalala o se agaese i tagata o...
  • Brown Bag Speaker Series #14 – Food Hubs Part Two: Building the Necessary Physical and Social Infrastructure for a Resilient Food System in Hawaiʻi.
    Thursday, July 10, 2025 from Hawaii Reporter
    This free, one-hour Zoom webinar will take place on Wednesday, July 16, 2025, from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM HST, and continues the Center’s deep dive into the vital role of food hubs in Hawaiʻi’s local food economy. About the Series The Brown...
  • Chiefs Support Port Havannah Marina Project But Urge for Proper Consultation
    Saturday, May 10, 2025 from Vanuatu Daily Post - news,news/
    The Councils of Chiefs from the Varea Luvuti area—stretching from Mangaliliu Village to communities around Havannah Harbour, including Siviri Village and the offshore islands of Lelepa and Moso—have expressed their support for the Port...
  • Manu Samoa Pacific Nations Cup 2025 Squad
    Saturday, August 16, 2025 from Talamua On-line
    16 August 2025, Apia, Samoa – Lakapi Samoa has announced the Manu Samoa Squad for the upcoming Pacific Nations Cup (PNC) 2025. The tournament, which features the region’s top rugby nations, with Samoa, Tonga, and Fiji in Pool A and USA,...
  • Solomon Islands and FSM Explore Trade Cooperation and Labor Mobility
    Thursday, April 3, 2025 from Solomon Times Online
    Prime Minister Honorable Jeremiah Manele, MP, received a courtesy call from the visiting Federated States of Micronesia’s (FSM) non-resident ambassador to Solomon Islands, His Excellency (HE) Carson Sigrah.
  • Governor and Legislature come through again with wins for Hawaii
    Monday, July 7, 2025 from Hawaii Reporter
    By Keli‘i Akina If you’re wondering why I’ve tended to praise Gov. Josh Green and Hawaii legislators in recent years, it’s because I’ve had no choice. They keep passing bills aimed at alleviating Hawaii’s housing shortage, allowing more...
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