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Samoa prime minister Fiamē Naomi Mata'afa
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's National Emergency Operations Committee says 70 people are now in isolation at quarantine sites after being possible contacts of a man who escaped from quarantine and moved about freely before being caught. Chairman of the committee, Agafili Shem Leo, says the man had taken a...
John Mike Muliaga and Fiatuagaluia Ahkee
Hagåtña, GUAM — The findings of an autopsy have led to the indictment of a man for murder and of his older cousin for manslaughter in connection with the death of a 23-year-old Marine Corps veteran. John Mike Muliaga, 22, now faces charges of murder, aggravated assault and assault. Muliaga's cousin...
Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mataafa with Deputy Prime Minister Tuala Iosefo Ponifasio
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa District Court Judge Alalatoa Rosela Papalii reluctantly granted another adjournment in the hearing of Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mataafa’s private prosecution trial. She granted the adjournment but also noted that it would be the final adjournment. Fiame is charged with one...
Baby chicks in a cage
Apia, SAMOA — Baby chicks are arriving at 5 new poultry units in Samoa as part of the Pacific Regional Integrated Food and Security Initiative to COVID-19. "We're hopeful that the new poultry units will further reduce Samoa's reliance on imported meat and generate more benefits for farmers, in...
Woman with mask waving Samoan flag
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND — There was a street festival vibe to many Pasifika-organized Vaxathon events around New Zealand on Saturday. Thousands of Pacific people have taken the chance to be vaccinated against Covid-19 - with organisers going out of their way to make many events as much fun as...
 Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Through an executive order, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga has directed the ASG Office of Property Management, which was established in 1998, to inventory certain government assets. According to the order, ASG is in need of an inventory in connection with its U.S Department of...
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Hagåtña, GUAM — A four-month-old baby boy was among the three Covid-related deaths reported on Guam. The boy was pronounced dead on arrival at the U.S Naval Hospital Guam on Wednesday. He is the youngest Covid-related fatality on Guam. The two other related covid deaths were a 64 year old man, and...
Samoa's opposition leader, Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's opposition leader, Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, has called on the FAST government to stop withholding salaries for the Human Rights Protection Party parliamentarians. TV1Samoa reports that Tuilaepa made the call at a news conference saying none of them had been paid since...
Acting Police Commissioner, Auapaau
Apia, SAMOA — A Samoa Police Inspector, Kenneth Komiti, has been suspended, as an investigation looks into claims he allegedly altered police documents. Mr Komiti, a Commanding Officer for the Police Prosecution, has been accused of amending police records in relation to a businessman who appeared...
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WASHINGTON —  The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) announced $8,500,000 in grant awards provided through the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs’ Energizing Insular Communities program to support energy initiatives in the U.S. territories.  “...

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