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MEDIA RELEASE Police have initiated a criminal property damage case in connection with the destruction of papaya trees at a farm in Puna. Sometime between 5:30 p.m. Thursday (Sept. 26) and 6:30 a.m. Friday (Sept. 27), 100 papaya trees were cut down in Kapoho off Highway 132 near the 4-mile marker. The trees were 3- […]

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MEDIA RELEASE Senators have honored Dr. Dennis Gonsalves with a Certificate of Recognition today for his work and research in the field of agriculture. Gonsalves led a team of researchers that developed the first ringspot virus-resistant papaya in 1991, known as the Rainbow Papaya. Before the Rainbow Papaya was released to growers in 1998, the […]

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Big Island police are investigating damage to papaya trees in Puna. Approximately 35 papaya trees were knocked over Monday (June 11) in a papaya farm located near 8 ½ mile camp in KeaÊ»au. Damages were estimated at $1,750. Workers in the area observed two males knocking over the trees and striking at the fruit and […]

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Big Island police are asking for the public’s assistance in helping farmers protect their crops. On June 30, 2010, and again on July 19, 2011, many acres of papaya trees were cut down on Alohilani Road in the Kapoho area. Police have received a lot of information about these cases, but not enough that would […]

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A reward of up to $30,000 has been established for information leading to charges in connection with the destruction of 10 acres of papaya trees in Puna in July.

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Papaya farmer Lanie Barao looks over the crop destruction in Kapoho Tuesday (July 19). Three farms were hit hard by vandals including one new farmer who had his entire crop wiped-out.

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Big Island police are investigating the destruction of thousands of dollars worth of papaya trees in Puna. At 10:33 a.m. Wednesday (June 30), Puna District officers responded to a report of papaya trees damaged at a farm in Kapoho. The scene is located off Route 132, left on Alohalani, two miles in on the left.

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