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Apia, SAMOA — The Samoan Parliament has unanimously re-elected Head of State, Tuimaleali'ifano Va'aleto'a Sualauvi II, to a second five-year term.
The re-election put to rest much speculation that he would be replaced by the Fa'atuatua I le Atua Samoa ua Tasi, or FAST, government.
The first order...
Apia, SAMOA — Five years after the Samoa Government launched a sex offender registry there are just over 100 sex offenders registered, including one woman.
Police Commissioner Auapa'au Logoitino Filipo said the registry protected women and children.
In March, Supreme Court Justice, Vui Clarence...
WASHINGTON — The United States has successfully tested a long-range, nuclear-capable ballistic missile after twice postponing the launch to avoid stoking tensions over Ukraine and Taiwan.
The Air Force Global Strike Command launched the unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile over...
Sydney, AUSTRALIA — Qantas is expanding its South Pacific presence with the addition of Tonga to its network, offering a new tropical destination for Australian travellers to explore.
Following the recent reopening of Tonga’s borders, Qantas will fly weekly between Sydney and Nuku’alofa’s Fua’amotu...
Honolulu, HAWAII — The Hawaii state Department of Health reported Tuesday four additional monkeypox cases in Hawaii, bringing the total number in an ongoing outbreak to 16.
The additional cases include an Oahu resident with a history of travel outside Hawaii, an Oahu resident whose case is linked...
Apia, SAMOA — Aviation.com is reporting that Samoa Airways will take out a bank loan to pay redundancy compensation to staff furloughed in 2021. And at the same time, the Samoa government is planning to reopen Fagali'I airport, which closed at the end of 2019 when all services moved to Faleolo....
Wellington, NEW ZEALAND — Pasifika women in leadership across New Zealand were recognized at the recently held Women in Governance awards at Parliament.
The awards honour the achievements of women who are governance leaders and directors, all making a difference to achieving gender and cultural...
Nadi, FIJI — Fiji Airways has been cleared by the government of Samoa to resume its services from Apia Faleolo to Honolulu and launch routes to the mainland US, the Samoa Observer has reported.
But while the authorities have yet to announce their decision publicly, Fiji Airways has scheduled the...
Washington, D.C. — The bipartisan House Resolution 8593, the Territories Statistics Collection Equity Act, was introduced late last week to address disparities in available data and data collection methods relating to the U.S. Territories.
Led by House Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Reggie Meredith Fitiao demonstrates the art of Siapo during workshops that train Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders who work in museums and cultural heritage centers that launched this summer.
Also participating from American Samoa is museum curator Erika Radewagen....