Word: honiara
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...descendants, who still live from the sea and their gardens. Only rarely does Gasa leave the island. He and Kumana, who lives on Ranongga Island near Gizo, were invited by President Kennedy to his 1961 inauguration. But the pair never got to Washington; they were duped en route in Honiara, the capital, by colonial officials who sent other Solomons' representatives. Gasa shows off a bust of JFK that one of Kennedy's nephews, Max, gave him in 2002. "Still young," says Gasa, looking at the coconut-green statue through cloudy eyes. "I cried when I heard on the radio that...
...Funded mainly by Australian taxpayers, the rescue mission has spread peace, order - and a good deal of money. But the further one goes from Honiara, the capital, the smaller its presence becomes. Here in Munda, ramsi is Louise, Sete and 'Isi. "We're part of a big jigsaw puzzle," says Curragh. "Every person that comes out here adds something to it. We all bring different experiences. Hopefully, by the time we leave, we'll have made the next person's job a little easier." During the short time they will spend among these people, the Kiwi and Tongans will play...
Most of the 78 inmates at Rove Prison in Honiara (pop. 20,000), capital of the Solomon Islands in the South Pacific, were busy at their usual tasks, which include fashioning water jugs out of beer bottles for sale in local markets. To the inmates' astonishment, two senior prison officers suddenly opened the prison's steel and barbed-wire gates and, along with the 40 guards on duty, simply walked away. The two officers and other members of the staff had complained that their authority was being undermined by prisoners' complaints and a successful court action for assault brought...
...hectic and controversial year, Australia's Federal Police Commissioner seemed as likely to turn up in Jakarta, Seoul, Dili, Nuku'alofa, Honiara or Lae as in his home base of Canberra. Mick Keelty, 50, is the region's premier crime fighter at a time when law enforcement is anything but a desk job. The force he leads is charged with fighting terrorism, drug trafficking, money laundering, people smuggling, identity theft, sexual servitude and child pornography. The A.F.P.'s first duty is to Australia, but on Keelty's watch it has also taken its intelligence-based approach abroad, helping police...
...Honiara, and in the provinces, bored youths are turning to marijuana and a nasty moonshine called kwaso. "Young people are coming to the lights of Honiara for work," says police commander Peisley. "And the jobs aren't there. So we're seeing youths gather with nothing to do, and that can lead to street crime and drug and alcohol abuse. Kwaso is becoming a huge issue in the provinces, and it's leading to domestic violence and major and minor assaults." Makira's youthful premier Stephenson bemoans that loss of potential. "Our greatest need is education," he says...