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> Solomon Islands prime minister Manasseh Sogavare has blamed foreign interference over his government’s decision to switch alliances from Taiwan to Beijing for anti-government protests, arson and looting that have ravaged the capital Honiara for the past three days.

The international airport in Honiara is called “Henderson Field” and not whatever name the Japanese gave their airfield.

Regina Lepping, a young entrepreneur from capital city Honiara, said the announcement had sent many small business owners scrambling to find alternatives to Facebook.

I saw the low-tech version of this in Honiara: Western expat buys a cheap car.

Some things that stood out to me: > Facebook has also been cited as a factor in riots that gripped the capital, Honiara, in 2019.

Our primary contact lives part of the year in Honiara, and Facebook Messenger is his best means of contact, since it works when almost nothing else, including email, does out there.

In Honiara, moderately well off people will own a car and then lease* it to a taxi driver so that it can make them money throughout the day.

However, the information available permits to dismiss the alarmist claim of 7-10 mm yr-1 rate of rise." 2) statistically not enough data for trends in sea levels: "Also including Honiara II, starting from December 1974 the rate of rise is +2.81 mm yr-1.

I've been working on putting together a computer lab for a school on one of the remote Solomon Islands (as in, fly to Honiara, take a small plane to Lata, then charter a boat for a couple days).

The international airport in Honiara is called “Henderson Field” and not whatever name the Japanese gave their airfield.

However, the information available permits to dismiss the alarmist claim of 7-10 mm yr-1 rate of rise." 2) statistically not enough data for trends in sea levels: "Also including Honiara II, starting from December 1974 the rate of rise is +2.81 mm yr-1.

Regina Lepping, a young entrepreneur from capital city Honiara, said the announcement had sent many small business owners scrambling to find alternatives to Facebook.

I saw the low-tech version of this in Honiara: Western expat buys a cheap car.

Some things that stood out to me: > Facebook has also been cited as a factor in riots that gripped the capital, Honiara, in 2019.