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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samoa's main hospital was running low on oxygen supplies earlier this week, which reportedly resulted in the cancellation of surgeries, including those for breast cancer and kidney conditions.
According to the Samoa Observer, patients "awaiting critical surgeries" at...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) Governor David Apatang says protecting Pacific waters and island communities must come first as the United States moves ahead with plans that could eventually open a vast area of seabed around the Mariana Trench to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The United Auckland Gospel Choir has cemented its place among the world's leading choirs after winning gold at the 2026 World Choir Games in Sweden, an event once known as the "Choir Olympics".
"No one can beat us at being us," Seumanu Seuoti Simon Matāfai JP, who is the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Northern Mariana Islands' delegate to the US Congress wants the territory to receive half of any federal revenue generated from potential seabed mining around the islands.
The US has recently invited bidders for seabed mining licenses in American Samoa, and will soon...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 26-day deep sea expedition in the Cook Islands by a United States scientific agency has uncovered new information about marine life and seabed minerals within the country's exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) ship...
HONOLULU — Tropical Storm Lala left behind a muddy mess Monday caused by intense rainfall and flooding as it moved past Hawaii’s main islands.
Lala weakened from a hurricane to a tropical storm Sunday after lashing the state without making landfall. The storm was projected to continue moving...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samoa Police told RNZ Pacific that Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi was held in remand for 24 hours, before being released this morning.
Tuilaepa, who was Samoa's Prime Minister for 21 years, told RNZ Pacific that this was an attempt by the state "to shut me up."
"They are...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A number of Pacific Islands countries have joined the United States in effectively accusing China of skirting the rules after Beijing's recent nuclear-capable missile test in the Pacific.
A joint statement released by the US government on August 11th implicitly claimed...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A large, luxury yacht owned by a Japanese billionaire has been traveling around the islands over the past few days, leaving a trail of curiosity in its wake.
Multiple boating websites reported the vessel is the 375-foot German- made yacht Nausicaa, owned by Japanese...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Aug. 10, 2026, calling for the combined measles, mumps and rubella vaccine to be given as three separate shots at three separate appointments. The combined MMR vaccine is currently given at 12 to 15 months of age and...