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Prime Minister Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Sailele Malielegaoi
Apia, SAMOA — Contrary to renewed calls to allow Samoans residing overseas to vote in General Elections, government under no circumstance is stopping any Samoan eligible to vote to be part of the democratic election process, says Prime Minister Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Sailele Malielegaoi. Opening the...
Mufi Hannemann applauds the action at Aloha Stadium
Honolulu, HAWAII — The head of the Hawaii Lodging and Tourism Association spoke exclusively to KITV-4’s Annalisa Burgos on Sunday about why he’s entering the mayoral race, saying the state's economy is "broken" and Hawaii needs a "strong leader" to bring back jobs to recover from the fallout of the...
Samoa's new Parliament bldg.
Apia, SAMOA — The Journalists Association of Samoa has expressed surprise that the government has not included a press gallery in plans for a new parliament. The JAWS President Rudy Bartley said he is surprised after years of planning and millions of Australian aid dollars spent on the Fono...
Faleolo Airport, Apia, Samoa.
Apia, SAMOA — Not all of the 140 passengers who arrived in Samoa on Friday's repatriation flight from New Zealand were quarantined at government sites. The Samoa Observer newspaper reported at least nine people had been allowed to quarantine at home. One such person is historian Meleisea Malama...
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Apia, SAMOA — In Samoa a stern warning was issued by the National Emergency Operation Centre restricting the public from setting foot at the Faleolo international airport and the quarantine sites for passengers of the first repatriating flight from New Zealand that arrived over the weekend. The...
Two Prime Ministers, Mata’ata Faumuina Faime Mulinu’u II and Keith Holyoake, lower their countries’ flags
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa celebrated its 58th Independence Anniversary on Monday 1st June, 2020 (yesterday in Samoa) online with the official opening and closing ceremonies pre-recorded and distributed to media outlets for broadcast and dissemination. The opening ceremonies, per request from the...
Wespac Chairman Archie Soliai participates in a video conference
Washington, D. C. — Archie Soliai was supposed to be leading a meeting at the Turtle Bay Resort on Oahu’s North Shore this week, but instead he appeared on a computer screen with a pixelated view of Pago Pago in American Samoa in the background.  Soliai is the chairman of the Western Pacific...
Screenshot from Hawaii News Now of news reporter at Free Clinic
Honolulu, HAWAII — For people who may not qualify for Medicaid, there is now an alternative: a new, free clinic for people with no insurance during the pandemic. The Aloha Free Clinic doesn’t officially open until Monday, but doctors started treating patients Friday morning. “I’m just going...
Fotu Baby Mo'a Sanele in police custody
Apia, SAMOA — Two trigger-happy men accused of firing gunshots to frighten fellow villagers in Faleatiu have been denied bail by Supreme Court Justice Leiataualesa Daryl M. Clarke. Fotu Baby Mo'a Sanele and his co-defendant Iolamo Sanele Mo'a appeared for a custody hearing before Leiataualesa on...
Breadfruit, get to know it.
Big Island, HAWAII — The Hawaii Ulu Producers Cooperative is made up of about 100 farmers — most of them on the Big Island — who grow ulu, Hawaii’s indigenous breadfruit. "It's part of the culture of Hawaii and that's something we don't want lost," the cooperative's Andrew Trump said. To work...

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