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Sharm El-Sheikh, EGYPT — The Tuvalu government has urged countries to establish a global treaty to phase out the use of fossil fuels.
Speaking at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt, Tuvalu's Prime Minister Kausea Natano said "the warming seas are starting to swallow our lands - inch by inch. But the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The economies of American Samoa and Samoa as well as twenty other Pacific island countries and territories is the focus of a federal probe and review, following a request by Ambassador Kathrine Tai of the Office of the U.S Trade Representative (USTR).
“The United States...
Apia, SAMOA — The new President of Samoa's Land and Titles Court has described recent changes to the Land and Titles Act as ill-conceived and poorly drafted.
The Samoa Observer reports Lesatele Rapi Va'ai was speaking after he was sworn in by the Head of State.
He noted that Samoans believe the...
Apia, SAMOA — In Samoa, a repeat drug offender has been jailed and will serve two years and eight months in total for several concurrent sentences.
The Samoa Observer reports Junior Filifili Prichard of Vaigaga had also been assessed to have a severe dependence on both methamphetamine and marijuana...
Washington — The powerful January 15 underwater eruption of Tonga’s Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano in the South Pacific produced a plume that soared higher into Earth’s atmosphere than any other on record – about 57 km – as it extended more than halfway to space, researchers said on Thursday....
Mt Hagen, PNG — Police in Mt Hagen, Papua New Guinea, have arrested a mother who allegedly killed her three children and dumped their bodies in a river.
The National reports the children as one eight-year-old boy and two girls aged five and three.
Western Highlands police commander Superintendent...
Honolulu, HAWAII — Pacific island nations are dealing with disappearing islands, worsening storms, increasing outmigration and other serious effects of climate change, illustrating the need for more climate financing.
Over the past decade, Pacific nations have received about $2.2 billion in...
Hagatna, GUAM — The United States is considering the establishment of military bases in the Federated States of Micronesia.
The Pacific Islands Times reports that at a recent Joint Committee Meeting on Guam, the U.S and FSM delegations created a working group to identify possible military sites in...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's deputy police commissioner has become the first Pacific member of the Australasian Council of Women and Policing to win the prestigious Audrey Fagan Memorial Award.
Papali'i Monalisa Tia'i-Keti was among four Pacific law enforcement members of the council recognized at an...
Nadi, FIJI — Fiji's weather office predicts that up to seven tropical cyclones may affect several Pacific countries in the coming cyclone season and up to four of them may be severe.
In its 2022/2023 Tropical Cyclone Seasonal Outlook, the Fiji government predicts that the region will experience...