As people around the world are fighting wars, polluting the environment with plastics and other toxic chemicals, clearing the forests for agriculture, developing new pathogens to kill people, and attempting to alter the weather with...
The Solomon Islands Electoral Commission (SIEC) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Solomon Islands Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) at the Rove Police Headquarters in Honiara.
As homelessness sweeps across the country and people struggle to survive, the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is setting aside 120,000 acres in Hawaii for 12 endangered species, including 11 plants and one fruit fly. It pays to be...
By Keli‘i Akina I have said many times that there is no single solution to Hawaii’s housing crisis. We need a variety of approaches to improve the situation. One promising option is so-called adaptive reuse — that is, turning older...
Every so often, because our Department of Taxation is given the opportunity to recommend legislation to our lawmakers, the Department sponsors some bills to make their administrative lives easier…which sometimes means trampling on...
By Lagi Keresoma/ Apia, SAMOA – 17 April 2024: The Ali’i ma Faipule of Afega have applied to recuse His Honour the Chief Justice Satiu Simativa Perese from presiding over their land dispute case with the people of Leauva’a. The...
German cinema takes center stage as FilmFreude Honolulu German Film Festival (FFHGFF) proudly announces its inaugural edition, set to captivate audiences from March 1 to 3, 2024. In collaboration with the Honolulu Museum of Art the...
By Keli‘i Akina What a nice surprise it was this week when I learned that the state Division of Financial Institutions had quietly decided to let cryptocurrency companies operate freely in Hawaii, just as they can most everywhere else....
Staff Reporters/ Apia, SAMOA – 17 April 2024 – The District Court has granted a warrant of arrest against the former president of the Samoa Triathlon Federation, Mr Afoa Seti Afoa for non-appearance in court yesterday. Afoa faces two...
Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer, affecting about 1 in 5 people by the age of 70. More people get skin cancer than all other cancers combined. What could be driving skin cancer to these high incidence levels? When you...
By Lagi Keresoma/ Apia, SAMOA -19 April 2024: A Dengue Fever outbreak has been declared for Samoa after 216 cases have been confirmed. The Director General of Health, Aiono Dr. Alec Ekeroma declared the outbreak during a press conference...
Seven of Hawai’i’s local non-profit and governmental organizations got a boost from 26 college students from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) – Worcester, Massachusetts. Over 7 weeks in Honolulu, these...
The government, through the Deputy Prime Minister (PM) and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Matai Seremiah, called on the European Union (EU) to find real for important issues facing Vanuatu, like climate change.
The ʻUkulele Foundation of Hawaiʻi today announces the renaming of its annual signature event to “The 15th ʻUkulele Picnic Presents the International ʻUkulele Festival of Hawaiʻi” and is scheduled for Saturday, July 27th,...
By Samoa News staff reporters@samoanews.com Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Utah’s Alissa Pili, right, poses for a photo with WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert after being selected by the Minnesota Lynx during the first round of the...
By Keli‘i Akina Helping our Maui ohana recover from last year’s disastrous wildfires is paramount. But the only way to do that without hiking taxes or going into massive debt is to cut state spending. We can rely on federal aid to some...
We’ve passed the halfway point in this year’s legislative session. The mood at the Capitol is kind of somber, as there is a growing realization that the amount of state resources that wildfire recoveries are going to consume has...
Two more Permanent Secretaries were sworn-in by the Acting Governor General, Sir Albert Palmer at Government today following their appointments by the Public Service Commission.
[ata: foa'i] By Lali Staff Pago Pago - AMERIKA SAMOA “Aua nei o outou faamelea lo matou afutoto ma le afu maligi” O le taeao ananafi, Aperila 17, 2024, ae e le’i nofoia malo fa’aaloalogia o le malo o Amerika Samoa, ma ona ta’ita’i,...
In a crucial 12-day operation, the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Department (EODD) of the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) had safely disposed of more than 700 unexploded ordnance (UXOs) in Western Province.
[ata: foa'i] By Lali Staff Pago Pago - AMERIKA SAMOA TOLOPOINA LE TU’UGA FAUTASI I se fa’aaliga mai i le Ofisa a le Kovana i le aoauli ananafi, na fa’alauiloa mai ai le toe tolopoina o Tu’uga Fautasi o le Sisiga Fu’a, i le aso Lua...
Spoiler alert: This will not be an objective review. I have dual American and German citizenship, so my impartiality regarding LOWA, may be skewed. Of course, there are a few other well-known German brands such as BMW or...
The upgrade works for the Olal Airport in north Ambrym, South Epi and Malolo Airport in Maewo to meet Category C requirements are part of the Public Works Department (PWD) 2025 project plan.
The United States’ (US) Ambassador to Vanuatu, Ann Marie Yastishock, announced at a welcome event after her credentialing that Peace Corps volunteers are set to return to Vanuatu in June.
The Solomon Islands National University (SINU) Vice Chancellor, Professor Transform Aqorau, along with the university's executive management, recently held a meeting with His Excellency Omar Shehadeh, the Envoy of the Minister of Foreign...
Editor’s Note: This series on traveling light and right has been updated for 2024. Our travel editor, Rob Kay, is preparting to embark on an assignment to Fiji, Australia and East Timor. In this column he’ll offer advice on...
Chairman of the Public Service Commission (PSC), Martin Mahe, said the Public Service Internship Program mainly focuses on tertiary graduates, not high school students.
Last week, Cook Islands News told the story of Dr James Maoate Rennie, a Ngatangiia -born doctor who served as a medic with the Eighth Army in North Africa. After the story was published, Cook Islands News was contacted by Dr. Rennie’s...
By Keli‘i Akina It used to be that you could trust the Legislature to not raise taxes during an election year. That’s when we could all breathe a sigh of relief, confident that the desire of politicians to get reelected would keep our...
Solomon Telekom Company Limited, in collaboration with its US supplier WGI Telecom, has made a generous contribution to enhance women's healthcare services at the National Referral Hospital (NRH).
In 1995, the world was taken by surprise with the announcement of a study linking the excessive wearing of tight bras with an increased incidence of breast cancer, published in the book, Dressed to Kill: The Link Between Breast Cancer...
As the global community prepares to observed the International Women's Day today, the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) also successfully concluded its Women’s Advisory Network (WAN) Annual General Meeting (AGM) in Honiara.
Sydney Ross Singer, Medical Anthropologist 2/17/2024 All biological systems operate in the same physical universe as all other matter, and the same principles of physics that apply to the stars, planets, moons, mountains, missiles, also...
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...
By Lagi Keresoma/ Apia, SAMOA – 12 April 2024 – The people of Leauvaa have filed a contempt of court case against Afega alleging they have continued work on the disputed land despite the Supreme Court order to cease work....
The COVID-19 virus, called SARS-CoV-2, has underdone many changes since it came into our lives in 2019. But one thing remains the same. We are still not getting the full story about this virus from the government. Now, in...
A team from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade and the Ministry of Commerce, Industries, Labour and Immigration met with the Premier of Choiseul Province yesterday as part of their trade assessment visit to border...
The Shaka is perhaps the best symbol of aloha and Hawai’i The post Shaka Law to Designate Official State Gesture Set for Critical Senate Hearing appeared first on Hawaii Reporter .
The Link between Oral Health and Cardiovascular Disease There is a growing body of research suggesting a link between oral health, specifically mouth cavities (also known as dental caries or tooth decay), and cardiovascular disease....
Here in Hawaii, our Department of Education is unique in several respects. In most states, K-12 education is handled by localities such as towns and counties and is largely funded by property tax. Our DOE, however, is...
Usually, it’s possible to tell which bills in the legislative hopper provide tax breaks as opposed to tax hikes. The bill replaces a current tax rate with another one, and if the new tax rate is higher it’s a tax hike; if it’s...
The new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Solomon Airlines, Sean Te’o, said they are considering a collaboration with Air Vanuatu to train Air Vanuatu’s cabin crew members to work on Solomon Airlines A320 aircraft.
The ongoing construction of the 3-million litre reservoir at Titinge represents a significant advancement in the Honiara Water Reservoirs Storage Project, a crucial component of Solomon Water's Urban Water Supply and Sanitation Sector...
The Acting Governor General, Hon. Patteson John Oti, commissioned His Excellency, Mr Cornelius Walegerea as the first Solomon Islands Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) at a ceremony at Government House today.
Hekari United were made to work hard for their semi-final victory by Labasa Women FC, as the Papua New Guinea side scored twice in extra-time to ensure they will play in Saturday’s final at the OFC Women’s Champions League.
he United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Vanuatu Fisheries Department (VFD) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will strengthen sustainable coastal fisheries management in Vanuatu by preserving...
The Labour Mobility Unit within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade has organized a two- days “Tok Stori” dialogue with national stakeholders to provide key information on PALM scheme and informed stakeholders on Labour...
The government of Papua New Guinea (PNG) has made a generous commitment of more than VT300 million for the Kumul Highway upgrade in Port Vila, the Foreign Affairs Director General (DG) has confirmed.