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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The popular Christmas on the Waterfront in Samoa is back again this year, with the program set for Wednesday, Dec. 21 to Friday Dec. 23 at the Friendship Park.
This was confirmed in a statement issued by the Samoa Tourism Authority.
The event will start with the...
Apia, SAMOA — A Supreme Court Judge called out the staff of the Ministry of Justice and Court Administration (MJCA) for taking a break when it is not yet Christmas (e lei tāina le Kerisimasi).
Justice Fepuleai Ameperosa Roma was sitting over the usual list of criminal mentions on Monday morning...
Andersen Air Force Base, GUAM — This year marks the 71st mission of Operation Christmas Drop, aiming to deliver 200 boxes of essential items as well as special treats to rover 20,000 people in the Federated States of Micronesia, the Northern Marianas and Palau.
It began in December 1952. An...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's population has increased in the past six years by four percent to 205,557.
The official report of the Samoa Population Housing Census 2021 released by the Samoa Bureau of Statistics shows that Upolu Island continues to have the largest share of the country's population with 78...
Apia, SAMOA — A Supreme Court Senior Justice in Samoa has decried the continued increase in sexual offences targeting young children, despite efforts to increase court-imposed penalties for offenders.
Senior Justice Vui Clarence Nelson was commenting as he sentenced a 20-year-old man to 12 years in...
Hawaiian Volcanoes Observatory, BIG ISLAND — The Hawaiian Volcanoes Observatory said the Mauna Loa volcano’s main lava flow is approximately 1.8 miles from Daniel K. Inouye Highway ― and moving at an average rate of about 20 feet per hour.
“Funneling at the vent is still ongoing. It’s roughly...
Apia, SAMOA — U.S. Peace Corps volunteers are returning to Samoa by early next year with the hope of improving English literacy for many young Samoans and other youth around the Pacific.
The Samoa Observer is reporting that during the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting this year, U.S. Vice...
Da Nang, VIETNAM — The annual meeting of the countries involved in the world's largest and most lucrative tuna fishery concluded in Vietnam on Saturday.
The 26 members of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission constitute resource owning island nations and foreign countries whose...
Apia, SAMOA — A warning has been issued that cyber crime is on the rise in Samoa after the police thwarted an attempt by hackers to take money from a government authority and a local company.
The Samoa Observer reports the Land Transport Authority and a local construction company were victims to...
Apia, SAMOA — The Pacific Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) solutions forum is underway in Samoa.
In an opening ceremony in Apia, Samoa's Prime Minister, Fiame Naomi Mata'afa said agriculture and food security are top of the agenda.
Fiame said food shortages threaten small island states as...