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Apia, SAMOA — Samoa Police have put out a missing person’s notice, calling on the public to assist in locating Laulu Tamati Fau, 45, of Sinamoga.
“Laulu left his family early Monday (Samoa time) at around 8am, using his maroon double cab Ford ranger plate #20934 and hasn’t been heard from since.”
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Nuku'alofa, TONGA — Tongan Police have confirmed the death of a seven-year-old boy after he was shot.
Police report the shooting occured at the boy's residence at the village of Ha'ateiho, on the main island of Tongatapu, last Friday evening local time.
The boy's father has been arrested, but...
Apia, SAMOA — Traditional cultural performances and string bands kicked started the official year-long independence festivities in front of the Government building last night with seven performing groups and four string bands on stage.
The cultural performance competition comprised Tafitoala EFKS...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa has launched a nationwide vaccination program against typhoid fever.
In a press statement from the Ministry of Health, acting Director General of Health Tagaloa Dr Robert Thomsen said the campaign is targeting those aged from 9 months to 45 years old.
The campaign will target...
Apia, SAMOA — The New Zealand Governor-General is visitomg Samoa in celebration of their 60th year of independence.
Dame Cindy Kiro will be in Samoa until Thursday, and will meet with Prime Minister, Fiame Naomi Mata'afa, as well as the Head of State.
The Governor-General willl also attend a number...
Honolulu, HAWAII — Hawaiian Airlines operated their very first flight with a mother and daughter pilot on Wednesday, Aug. 31.
Mother, Captain Kamelia Zarka and her daughter, First Officer Maria Zarka took flight over the Pacific.
The mother, a Boeing 717 captain, was the first Tongan woman to...
Apia, SAMOA — The Samoa Supreme Court has declared the Assembly motion, purporting to suspend two leading MPs, is void.
The Court ruled on Tuesday in favour of former prime minister, Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi and Lealailepule Rimoni Aiafi, who had sought to overturn their indefinite suspension...
Suve, FIJI — China has given the Pacific Islands Forum secretariat an annual contribution of $US1.1 million.
In a handover ceremony, the Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum, Henry Puna, welcomed the funding, done under the Pacific Islands Forum Co-operation Fund.
Puna said China...
Honolulu, HAWAII — About 77% of Hawaii’s population is now fully vaccinated against COVID. But only about half of those people went back to get their first booster doses.
And just 15% got their second booster, which is restricted to those at higher risk of severe disease.
Now, state health...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's financially strapped national airline, Samoa Airways, will spend a further $3 million tālā to pay unpaid redundancy entitlements for 30 staff who lost jobs during the closure of international borders.
Interim Chief Executive, Fauo'o Fatu Tielu, said staff were hired to work on...