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Nuku'alofa, TONGA — There is a political upheaval in Tonga with the ousting of three MPs after they were found guilty of attempting to bribe voters during the run-up to the 2021 general elections.
Each was found guilty in separate rulings made by Tonga's Supreme Court in the space of a week....
Honolulu, HAWAII — When David Diamadi and his wife Joyce debated moving from Florida back to Joyce’s home island of Guam more than a decade ago, they considered what would be best for their daughter Haley, who has Down syndrome.
Living on the U.S. island territory would bring them closer to many...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A Samoan man, charged by federal indictment with one count of making a false statement on a U.S passport application, has requested the federal court in Honolulu to move his trial date to later this year.
Vai Salamasina Taula Fetuli — aka, “Vai Doc Taula” — is accused of...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa will have a year-long celebration for its 60th Independence anniversary starting June 1.
A submission from the Independence Organizing Committee was approved by Cabinet.
The official celebrations will start with local thanksgiving services with the main celebrations to be held...
Honolulu, HAWAII — A research professor at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa is part of an independent panel of global experts on nuclear issues that is consulting with Pacific nations after Japan proposed discharging treated nuclear wastewater into the Pacific Ocean.
Robert Richmond, a research...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's youngest COVID-19 patient to be hospitalized - a toddler who also had severe pneumonia - has been discharged from hospital in what is being described as a miracle.
Head paediatritian Papalii Kamu Tito said the girl has been taken home after being in an induced coma for five...
Detroit, MICHIGAN — The Russian invasion of Ukraine is a bitter reminder that there is no end to the horrific suffering that humans are sometimes willing to inflict on others.
Over the past several years, a seemingly endless stream of painful stories and images coming out of Syria, Yemen and now...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa will open its international borders from August.
In a special announcement aired on Facebook on Monday night, Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa said the island nation is set to open its international borders in August and September.
A specific date was not given.
The move is...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Over the past 25 years, successful Pacific Ocean fisheries partnerships supported the world’s largest tuna fishery—nearly 60 per cent of global tuna catch — to transform from a potentially unsustainable fishery to one of the most effectively managed large-scale fisheries...
Satoshi Island, VANUATU — A tiny island off Vanuatu's Espiritu Santo Island could become a haven for people who want to live exclusively in a digital world.
What was Lataro Island is now called Satoshi Island - Satoshi being a word that has become synonymous with the digital currency world.
The...