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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The 2025 Miss Pacific Islands pageant is kicking off in the Solomon Islands this weekend with eight contestants set to compete from American Samoa, Cook Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, and Tonga.
Each vying for a change at this year's...
WASHINGTON — The deadly Samoan measles outbreak in 2019 was raised during the confirmation hearings for Robert F Kennedy Jr in the US senate, yesterday.
Kennedy is US President Donald Trump's controversial pick to lead the department of Health and Human services.
He has been accused of promoting...
Apia, SAMOA — The Samoa Ministry of Customs & Revenue made a seizure Wednesday evening, Jan. 29, 2025 (Samoa Time) of about 10kgs of crystal meth.
All we can render at this time is that the substance has been confirmed with the use of NIK test kits and further tests will be conducted.
The...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s budget office on Wednesday rescinded an order freezing spending on federal grants, less than two days after it sparked widespread confusion and legal challenges across the country, according to two people familiar with the matter.
The Monday evening order...
Majuro, MARSHALL ISLANDS — The Marshall Islands has created its first marine protected area, with one marine scientist describing it as one of the most spectacular places on earth.
The country is putting two of its most remote atolls, Bikar and Bokak, under protection from fishing, covering 48,000...
Ngerulmud, PALAU — A two thousand, four hundred-year-old (2,400) earthworks has been revealed as predating stone moai statues of Rapa Nui and megalithic Nan Madol in Micronesia.
Palauan tourism official Lelly Obakerbau shakes her head and motions at the encroaching jungle that threatens to reclaim...
WASHINGTON — On his social media site — Truth Social — US President Donald Trump has named the next United States Ambassador to New Zealand. Trump said Jared Novelly was a "highly respected philanthropist and chairman of Crest Sports and Entertainment and Crest Management. Foreign Minister Winston...
Apia, SAMOA — The Samoa Observer is reporting that a man was caught on video stealing women’s underwear from a private laundromat in Apia early Thursday morning.
The incident occurred at approximately 8:10 a.m. The manager of Lynn’s Supermarket confirmed the stolen underwear belonged to a staff...
Apia, SAMOA — Government of the Independent State of Samoa and the Government of the People’s Republic of China have reaffirmed joint commitment and partnership to strengthen relations and cooperation between both countries and to facilitate exchange of visits between citizens of both countries...
Apia, SAMOA — The first lot of fuel has been removed from New Zealand navy ship Manawanui which sank in October off the southwest coast of Upolu in Samoa.
The recovered fuel and pollutants are being offloaded in Apia and the barge has since returned to start the second cycle of fuel removal.
NZDF...