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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — More than 3,000 people from U.S. territories have signed a petition opposing proposed deep seabed mining in waters near the Mariana Islands and American Samoa, warning of irreversible environmental damage and the exclusion of Indigenous communities from decision-making....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An unknown trader has raked in a profit worth about US$410,000 (about NZ$700,000) after betting Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro would be ousted from his position.
The trader's account on Polymarket built up positions in contracts tied to Maduro's removal on terms...
Apia, SAMOA (01 January, 2026) — In the wake of the Minnesota fraud network going viral on social media—exposing the siphoning of billions of taxpayer dollars to Somalia—Americans can take reassurance that federal funds are being directed toward a worthy cause in the Pacific. A total of USD $1.9...
Apia, SAMOA — (Jan. 2, 2026) Conservationists are feeling cautiously optimistic after spotting a critically endangered bird in the wild in Samoa.
During a recent field survey, experts with the Samoa Conservation Society recorded numerous sightings of the manumea, also known as the tooth-billed...
Apia, SAMOA — (December 29, 2025) At a Dec. 24th press conference, the Government of Samoa has called on the National Council of Churches to consider and advise on the future of non-Christian beliefs in the country.
Samoa’s Prime Minister Hon Laaulialemalietoa Leuatea Polataivao Fosi Schmidt said...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Starlink has fully withdrawn their satellite services from Papua New Guinea as the government grapples over their licensing.
Last Thursday, the National Information and Communications Technology Authority (NICTA) announced that the network's parent company, SpaceX, had...
Honolulu, HAWAII — (Dec. 25, 2025) A new study revealed that marine areas managed by local villages are more stable and abundant compared to federally designated no-take reserves.
Researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology ToBo Lab studied giant clam...
Apia, SAMOA — (28 December, 2025) Police in the Independent State of Samoa have intensified their campaign against the spread of methamphetamine (meth), launching a series of coordinated raids that resulted in the arrest of 17 suspects — both men and women — between December 16 and 23.
Of the 17...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samoa: The year was barely two weeks old before the first ructions of discontent started in Samoa's Parliament.
A split in the country's FAST Party in January saw then-prime minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa remove FAST Party chairman La'aulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt and...
Samoana High School graduate Dean Briski, a consistent UH Offensive Line star, dominates Cal's Outside Linebacker, Jayden Wayne in the Hawaii Bowl's 2nd Quarter. The University of Hawaii Rainbow Warriors defeated the Cal Bears, 35-31 in an amazing come from behind victory, overcoming a 21 point...