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Leaders of Samoan Organizations awarded U.S. Government grants
Apia, SAMOA — The U.S. Embassy today honored 8 Samoan organizations and 15 individuals at a Grantee Ceremony at the U.S. Embassy Residence Vailima. These organizations received funding from the U.S. Embassy Apia’s 2019 Public Diplomacy Grants program as well as other funding support.  The...
Pacific Basin container ship
UNITED NATIONS — A coalition of Pacific island nations wants to raise millions to ensure there is only zero carbon shipping across the Pacific by 2050. The Guardian reported the Pacific Blue Shipping Partnership, announced on Tuesday at the UN climate action summit by the governments of Fiji, the...
What is left of a family home that was burnt to the ground as
Apia, SAMOA — Police have arrested one person over the burning of family houses and other properties at Taelefaga village at the Fagaloa Bay last Thursday night. Police confirmed the arrest this week and said that more people are expected to be charged over the incident. The Incident The properties...
Samoan police headquarters in Apia
Apia, SAMOA — The police in Samoa have launched investigations into the unrelated deaths of three children. The first occurred on Saturday in Lefaga where a one-year-old boy is believed to have drowned behind the family home. The police said the child was left unsupervised. The second death was...
Car club, Leai Sou Feau members watch game on a big screen TV in front of the Government building.
Apia, SAMOA — They are celebrating on the streets of Apia. When the Manu Samoa defeated Russia in their opening World Cup game, Manu Samoa fans in Samoa stayed up late at night and early into the next morning to showcase their support for their team. While most people watched from the comfort of...
Monitors observing a purse seiner unloading in Majuro
San Francisco, CALIFORNIA — American researchers are calling for the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Committee to ban trans-shipping. The Pew Charitable Trust said tens of millions of dollars each year was lost to the practice of offloading catch before it reached its final destination. A...
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Auckland, NEW ZEALAND — A ground-breaking study which looks at how Māori and Samoan peoples describe their experience of youth justice across three different but comparable countries is calling for participants. Led by Dr Tamasailau Suaalii-Sauni and Dr Robert Webb of the University of Auckland and...
Michael Lurvey, USMC Vietnam Veteran with TCOM patented invention
Honolulu, HAWAII–The Univ. of Hawaii Pacific Business Center Project’s (PBCP), ‘Hauula Resilience Model Village’ has been selected as a national finalist in the Innovation category by the University Economic Development Association. Papalii Dr. Tusi Avegalio, Director of the University of Hawaii...
Perelini Ulugia with his children, neices and nephews in his growing beach fale business, Jaymy's
Saleapaga, SAMOA — The morning of the tsunami, Perelini Ulugia was halfway through shaving his face, when the earth shook the walls of the fale around him. “I thought maybe one of my brothers in law was playing a joke on me, shaking the house,” he said. It wasn’t until he stepped out that he...
View of Oahu featuring downtown Honolulu and Diamond Head.
Honolulu, HAWAII — We all know the cost of living in Honolulu is high. Really high. But a new analysis from 24/7 Wall Street crunched the numbers to figure out just how much a family of four has to bring in to be able to afford a “modest yet adequate standard of living” in Urban Honolulu. The...

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