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Suva, FIJI — A three-month-old baby has died of Covid-19 in Fiji. The infant's death brings the country's death toll from the virus to 695.
n its latest update on 19 November, the government also confirmed 10 new cases, taking the number of active cases to 333.
By August, it was thought about 10...
Apia, SAMOA — Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mataafa has clarified that her Government will not change the laws only to satisfy some of the recommendations by the United Nation’s recent Human Rights Report.
Some of the fundamental rights central to the UN report included rights to abortion, same sex...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa is looking to build a Silicon Valley type Technology and Innovation Park facility so it can be the information and communications technology hub for the Pacific region.
Discussions and consultations on the project began in Apia this past week.
The Samoa Observer reports the...
Honolulu, HAWAII — The East West Center in Honolulu has appointed the first Native Hawaiian and first woman to lead the Center since it was founded in 1960.
The Center's Board of Governors has selected Suzanne Puanani Vares-Lum to be its next president.
A former Major General in the US Army, Ms...
Majuro, MARSHALL ISLANDS — Every year, a potential showdown looms between Pacific island countries and distant water fishing nations at the annual meeting of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) that happens early next month - over one issue or another.
This year is no...
(AP) — A majority of Pacific islanders say corruption is a problem in their governments, with significant numbers saying they have been offered bribes for their votes, according to a new survey released Tuesday by an anti-graft watchdog group.
Transparency International said its first-ever study of...
Apia, SAMOA — The Samoa government is planning a second nationwide lockdown for this Friday 19 November in efforts to attain 99 percent coverage of the Covid-19 vaccine. This while opposition to a similar program in American Samoa gains traction.
Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa said the latest...
Honolulu, HAWAII — Despite having one of the best vaccination rates in the country, Hawaii’s lieutenant governor says the state’s Safe Travels Program won’t end anytime soon.
“I don’t think Safe Travels goes away until the rest of the world has seen a great decrease in COVID,” he said. “My gut...
Apia, SAMOA — The Samoa government is planning a second nationwide lockdown for this Friday 19 November in efforts to attain 99 percent coverage of the Covid-19 vaccine. This while opposition to a similar program in American Samoa gains traction.
Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa said the latest...
Honolulu, HAWAII — A federal jury awarded $7 million in damages to a woman who said she was sexually assaulted by a deputy sheriff in a First Circuit Court cellblock in Honolulu in 2014.
Elizabeth Mueller was in HOPE probation, a drug probation program, when she alleges she was assaulted during an...