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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Manu Samoa head coach has been charged with "multiple serious offences" including "sexual conduct with a person under 16", according to local media reports.
Mase Mahonri Schwalger, who was appointed by Lakapi Samoa to lead the national rugby team in March, was...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Pacific nations are preparing for a pivotal week of negotiations in London on how to cut planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions in the global shipping industry.
Countries will gather later this month to lay out specific plans to slash shipping emissions by at least 40...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A rare bird in Papua New Guinea that was last officially documented 55 years ago has finally been captured again on camera.
The New Britain Goshawk was snapped in the Nakanai Ranges by Fiji-based photographer Tom Vierus.
"I was on a scoping trip with WWF in Pomio [...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Selau Mailata's first taste of the food industry was through a work experience program at a baked beans factory.
Over 27 years later, he's still in the kitchen, now as a private chef and working in cafes.
"Who would have thought, you know, 20-plus years ago [I'd be]...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In an exciting development for the Samoan literary community, the country is set to launch its first 10-book bilingual series for children at the end of September.
This ground-breaking initiative is called Tatou Faitau or Let’s Read, and it was initiated by Asia...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In the Marshall Islands, between 1946 and 1958 the United States detonated 67 nuclear tests and the brutal impacts are still being felt today.
The radiation spread to the US Pacific territory of Guam and while Washington settled a compensation deal with the Marshallese,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is continuing its long-term planning exploring opportunities for offshore wind energy including expanding it to U.S. territories. After opening the U.S. West Coast and Gulf Coast for the first lease auctions, BOEM’s long-term plan...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Crime Stoppers and the Honolulu Police Department (HPD) are asking for the public’s help locating a man who went missing a couple of weeks ago.
Aliivaa “Jeff” Letuli, 67, was last seen on Friday, August 9, 2024, at approximately 1 p.m. He was walking along Farrington Hwy...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Homeboy surfer Kauli Vaast, 22, who is the first French and Polynesian to win a gold medal at the Paris 2024 Olympics, was welcomed at the weekend as a hero.
Hundreds of supporters had massed on Friday evening (Thursday Tahiti time) to give him a fully-fledged welcome,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka has met with the Governor of the Yunnan Province, Wang Yubo, while on his trip to China.
The Fiji government said Rabuka and Wang Yubo explored opportunities for cooperation in areas of mutual interest.
Rabuka said Fiji could learn a...