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Honolulu, HAWAII — The Navy said it is trying to get some displaced families home by Jan. 10. But in the meantime, many are living in hotels because the water in their home still smells like fuel.
There are more than 3,000 displaced families who were living on the Navy’s waterline, according to...
Nuku'alofa, TONGA — Satellite imagery shows the island of Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha'apai has grown in size while the underwater volcano erupts into its sixth day.
Tonga's head geologist Taniela Kula has been monitoring the eruption all week, which erupted again this morning.
While observations have had...
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND — Important new findings about the causes of rheumatic fever could help prevent it, and head off the resulting heart damage dealt to scores of children each year, experts say - but only if they lead to broader surveillance and vigilance.
A team of medical experts from New...
Apia, SAMOA — Seven people were in arrested in a drugs raid at a house in Vaitele, Samoa.
Police seized methamphetamine; marijuana and drug paraphernalia following a search on the property.
Five men and two women are now in the custody of the Police.
This was confirmed by Deputy Police Commissioner...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Samoan parliament has been told repealing a law taxing religious leaders will not affect government earnings.
TV1Samoa reports the Chief Executive Officer of the Ministry for Customs and Revenue, Matafeo Avalisa Fautuaali'I, saying that since the introduction of the...
Apia, SAMOA — In Samoa, the police have confirmed that parole for the convicted murderer and drug criminal, Tagaloasa Filipaina, has been deferred to next June.
In 2019 Filipaina was identified by the Ministry of Police as being behind the failed mass prison break out when the prisoners were housed...
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND — The Minister for Pacific Peoples is encouraging anyone who has had their second Covid-19 dose for six months, to book in a booster shot.
Aupito Su'a William Sio said while community teams have had a massive year, 2022 will be a challenge too.
Aupito said the Government is...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's former Electoral Commissioner Faimalomatumua Mathew Lemisio was sworn-in as the deputy president of the Land and Titles Court on Friday morning, in defiance of an order from the Minister of Justice to stop the ceremony.
The Minister had questioned the legality of...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa has not been immune from spiking rates of global inflation as new figures show the cost of consumer goods soaring by nearly 10 per cent in the year to October.
Samoa's Consumer Price Index (C.P.I.) rose by 9.7 per cent higher in the year to October 2021, a monthly report from...
Washington D.C — This past Thursday, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra launched the Biden-Harris Administration’s White House Initiative on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (WHIAANHPI) and announced U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Katherine Tai as...