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HONOLULU (AP) — Honolulu police were searching for two men suspected of killing a man whose body was found encased in concrete in a bathtub in one of Hawaii’s most exclusive, gated communities.
Police, investigating a missing person’s case, entered a Hawaii Loa Ridge home Tuesday where they...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's badly damaged patrol boat Nafanua II is beyond repair and is being tagged for disposal by the Australian government.
The Guardian class patrol boat, which was gifted by Australia two years ago, was damaged in a grounding last August.
In a joint statement the Australian and...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's Ministry of Police and Prisons is defending its decision to reinstate Police Prosecutor Kenneth Komiti who's accused of altering court documents.
Deputy Police Commissioner Afamasaga Samuelu said the police don't have "sufficient evidence" to proceed with criminal charges, so...
Apia, SAMOA — Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa has reiterated Samoa’s position in condemning Russia’s invasion of neighboring Ukraine, while expressing regret at the rising death toll from the war.
Speaking in a video interview with the Government Press Secretariat this past weekend, Fiame said...
Apia, SAMOA — Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa has confirmed 25 of Samoa's front-line workers on the wharf have been isolated when four crew members of a cargo vessel had tested positive for Covid-19 upon arriving in American Samoa.
Samoa was the last place they docked, on 1st March.
This was...
Nuku'alofa, TONGA — Tonga Cable Ltd says the country's domestic telecommunications cable may take up to a year to fix.
The cable was ripped apart by January's devastating volcanic eruption and tsunami.
Tonga Cable chief executive James Panuve says up to 110km of a special cable may have to be...
Apia, SAMOA — Two Samoan female MPs still await the outcome of legal challenges in order to be sworn in and enter Parliament. Two H.R.P.P. members (Aliimalemanu Alofa Tuuau and Fagasealii Sapoa Feagai) have formally challenged the Speaker for delaying their swearing-in as MPs.
But, Speaker Papali'i...
Honolulu, HAWAII — Working with the Government of Samoa, crews from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Juniper (WLB 201) and USCGC Joseph Gerczak (WPC 1126) conducted security patrol operations in Samoa’s exclusive economic zone throughout February 2022, to protect fisheries and other natural resources....
Majuro, MARSHALL ISLANDS — The Marshall Islands is today remembering those affected by nuclear testing in their country.
1st March is a national holiday to allow people to commemorate Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day.
It was 1st March, 1954, when the United States most powerful hydrogen bomb...
Suva, FIJI — The head of the Pacific Islands Forum has condemned the Russian Federation's invasion of Ukraine.
In a statement, Secretary-General Henry Puna said the region has "observed from afar the violation of Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity, as well as Russia's blatant disregard...