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South Pacific News (the Masalai blog)

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:55:51 GMT

Just some snippets of news from the region. ———————————————- Relocate media outlets: Lamani Tuesday, May 13, 2008 THE publisher of the Solomon Islands Star newspaper has called for two regional media organisations located in Fiji to be relocated to Honiara, the Solomon Islands capital. John Lamani proposed this during World Press Freedom Day celebrations in Honiara over the weekend. He...

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Relocate media outlets: Lamani (Fiji Times)

Mon, 12 May 2008 19:45:09 GMT

THE publisher of the Solomon Islands Star newspaper has called for two regional media organisations located in Fiji to be relocated to Honiara, the Solomon Islands capital.

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Selling Birds for a Living (Mission & Justice)

Wed, 07 May 2008 06:46:10 GMT

Joanna Siherheti; 6/5/08 There is nothing like walking through Honiara to come across a young man standing around the busy street with an owl. It turned out that the young man, who caused public stir on Friday with his rare catch of an owl, was actually waiting for a potential buyer. In an interview with the [...]

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Sayonara to Solomons (Greenpeace - Making Waves)

Fri, 02 May 2008 03:43:05 GMT

Here's a blog from Dean, our Kiwi communications officer on board the Esperanza OK, so I admit it, I didn't want to leave Honiara. Land itself had been such a welcome relief for me – but the big smiles, the new food, the busy markets, the curious people, the artistic talent - particularly obvious in weaving and carving), the smells – both intriguing and horrible, the multiple languages and...

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Forget the iraqi dinar, euro and the yen (Investor's Iraq Forum)

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:31:39 GMT

HONIARA, Solomon Islands -- Forget the euro and the yen. In this South Pacific archipelago, people are pouring their savings into another appreciating currency: dolphin teeth. Shaped like miniature ivory jalapeños, the teeth of spinner dolphins have facilitated commerce in parts of the Solomon...

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Clinics Receive ‘Facelift’ to Appeal to Youth (Mission & Justice)

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:23:10 GMT

14/4/08 Young people in Honiara can now access improved STI and HIV services at the Rove and Kukum clinics run by Honiara City Council. Over the past six months eighteen Registered Nurses and Nurses Aids attended training run by Save the Children’s HIV Prevention Program regarding adolescent health and the guiding principles of youth friendly HIV [...]

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Setting the ‘Determined Price’ for Logs is Not a Job for MPs: TSI (Mission & Justice)

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:20:53 GMT

14/4/08 Transparency Solomon Islands (TSI) is concerned at the involvement of politicians in assessing the export value of logs. In press statement the TSI states that there are well-authenticated stories circulating in Honiara that the government is losing SBD$1m to SBD $2m a week in revenue because the price on which export duty is paid on [...]

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Australia gathers proof on Japan's whaling bribes (Democratic Underground)

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:16:37 GMT

Source: [b]The Age[/b] [div class=excerpt][b]Australia gathers proof on Japan's whaling bribes [/b] Chris Hammer, Honiara, Solomon Islands, and Andrew Darby Hobart March 9, 2008 THE Australian Government has gained fresh ammunition in its battle to stop "scientific" whaling, exposing Japanese ...

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Japan paid Solomons for whaling support (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 07:47:03 GMT

Sydney - Solomon Islands Prime Minister Derek Sikua confirmed Saturday what had long been suspected: Japan bought support for its so-called scientific whaling programme in the International Whaling Commission (IWC). Speaking in Honiara in a joint p...

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Two weekly flights for Honiara (Fiji Times)

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Update: 5:36PM AIR Pacific will now have two flights per week to Honiara in the Solomon Islands.

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SkyAirWorld begins Honiara-Brisbane flight (Solomon Star)

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:57:15 GMT

By EDNAL PALMER SOLOMON Airlines staff watched quietly as SkyAirWorld officials made themselves available to do ticketing, luggage handling and all groundwork when their first flight touched down yesterday. Less than 20 passengers arrived on the inaugural flight and about 25 took the return leg of the Australian aircraft. SkyAirWorld chief executive David Charlton said he was very pleased to see the...

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Taiwan offers to finish Parliament house job (Solomon Star)

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:39:44 GMT

By ALFRED SASAKO Taiwan has a “surprise gift” for the people of Solomon Islands and democracy – the completion of the multi-million dollar National Parliament Building project in Honiara. But only if Honiara agrees to host next year’s Taiwan-Pacific Allies summit. News of the gift will be broken to Prime Minister Dr. Derek Sikua and his delegation, now visiting Taiwan. Dr. Sikua is in...

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Journalism develops (Solomon Star)

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:38:15 GMT

What's the role of the news media in development? What is development journalism? How can it be done in the Pacific Islands? These were some of the questions which have been addressed in Honiara by regional and local journalists. Now participants from Papua New Guinea, Samoa and Tonga have started flying home. They took part in an intense and successful development journalism workshop organised...

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Second boat for Shortlands (Solomon Star)

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 00:31:38 GMT

By MOFFAT MAMU THE people of Shortland Islands in the Western Province over the weekend took delivery of their second boat. The cargo and passenger vessel named MV Bikoi II arrived at Point Cruz wharf, Honiara, to welcoming applause. The boat was bought from Japan, Member of Parliament for Shortland, Augustine Taneko, said yesterday. He said the money came from the Rural Constituency Development...

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SkyAirWorld ready for takeoff (Solomon Star)

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:51:22 GMT

By MOFFAT MAMU SKYAIRWORLD is set to fly its first international service into Honiara from Brisbane on Monday, launching intense competition on the route. A SkyAirWorld office is about to be opened at the Honiara International Airport terminal. The Brisbane-based airline took over two booths at the terminal to do ticketing and administration work. Two SkyAirWorld officers overseeing...

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Work on domestic terminal (Solomon Star)

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:50:15 GMT

By MOFFAT MAMU RENOVATION work at the Honiara Domestic Terminal will start once all the materials are sorted and bought, says Civil Aviation Director Bill McGregor. Mr McGregor told Solomon Star that the delay was the materials. The domestic terminal facelift project was initially planned by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the Civil Aviation. The idea was for the two parties to combine...

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City council accused over refuse collection (Solomon Star)

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:31:01 GMT

By EDNAL PALMER THE Ministry of Home Affairs and the donor community have blasted the Honiara City Council over the uncollected rubbish in the city. In a meeting with the council on Tuesday the ministry and donors said they were really concerned about the growing complaints over uncollected rubbish. Acting City mayor Jim Sevesi said this is a “huge embarrassment” for his office. “The media...

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Taiwan's medical delegation visits (Solomon Star)

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:28:24 GMT

A MEDICAL delegation from the Republic of China, Taiwan, arrived in Honiara on Saturday to investigate our malaria and diabetic cases. Called the Taiwan International Health Action (Taiwan IHA), the six-member team will spend a week in Honiara talking with our health officials. A statement from Taiwan Embassy said the discussions with Solomon Islands health experts would enable the team...

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Journalists see the difficulties of Burns Creek (Solomon Star)

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:27:32 GMT

REGIONAL and local reporters attending a development journalism workshop yesterday saw two different sides of Honiara life. In the afternoon, they went on a reporting field trip to the Burns Creek settlement. The trip was designed to show them a serious and growing development problem in some Pacific Islands cities. This is where the development issue is people from rural areas coming to the...

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Telekom may be sold to Irish firm (Solomon Star)

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 01:00:00 GMT

By EDNAL PALMER TALKS to sell Our Telekom to Digicel Pacific were held recently in Honiara. Our Telekom Chief Executive Officer Martyn Robinson confirmed this to the Solomon Star yesterday. "...yes I can confirmed we had discussions on a possible sale of Telekom to Digicel, two weeks ago," Mr Robinson said. "Talks were held with senior Digicel representatives," he added. But Mr Robinson said...

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