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WASHINGTON, D.C. — In honor of Women’s History Month, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.) and Ranking Member Mark Takano (D-Calif.), reauthorized the bipartisan Women Veteran Task Force (WVTF), with Rep. Uifa’atali Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-American Samoa)...
Apia, SAMOA — Two men who conspired to murder former Samoa prime minister Tuilaepa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi have been found guilty of the charges laid against them.
Samoa's Supreme Court delivered the decision on Friday, in the trial of Malele Paulo and Lema'i Faioso Sione.
The Samoa Observer reports...
Apia, SAMOA — The Samoa Observer is reporting that a six-year-old girl, who was hit by a vehicle last week Thursday as she tried to cross the road after school at Mulivai Safata, has died from the injuries she sustained.
Police Commissioner, Auapaau Logoitino Filipo confirmed on Thursday when...
Nuku'alofa, TONGA — Tonga's Government has signed a memorandum of understanding with Irish-based Bermudan company Seabased Group to build a system of motion-powered offshore generators.
The system will generate electricity via special buoys connected to generators planted on the seabed.
The MoU was...
Concord, CALIFORNIA — A San Francisco television station, KRON-4, is reporting that 21-year-old man was shot and killed at a Concord, CA strip mall on Tuesday. The family of the deceased confirmed the killing but have asked for privacy as they console one another. The Concord Police Department...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's director general of health says he is not concerned about another measles outbreak like the one in 2019 after recent suspected cases returned negative.
In the last three weeks, several children suspected to have measles have been under observation.
But Aiono Dr Alec Ekeroma...
Apia, SAMOA — The driver of a bus in Samoa that crashed earlier this month has died in hospital from the injuries he sustained.
The bus flipped over and landed on its roof leaving the driver critically injured and was fighting for his life at the Tupua Tamasese Meaole National Hospital.
The Samoa...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Virgin Australia airline resumed flights to Samoa on Tuesday, with up to two flights a week between Sydney-Apia and Brisbane-Apia.
To mark the occasion, the airline has launched a ‘72hr Samoa’ sale, with return airfares available from $549 (Economy Lite).
“The return...
Majuro, MARSHALL ISLANDS — The Marshall Islands President David Kabua has issued a state of emergency declaration to overcome the problems caused by the grounding of the country's cargo airline by the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in early February.
The US government agency grounded...
Honolulu, HAWAII — The Star- Advertiser is reporting that an Oahu grand jury has indicted Samuel Jones, 25, for second-degree murder and first-degree arson in connectionwith the death of his 21-year-old girlfriend — Laau Jordan Laulusa who was found dead in a burned-up car Monday in the parking...