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Apia, SAMOA — The financial regulator of Samoa, one of the nations implicated in the Pandora papers as a tax haven for wealthy individuals, has defended the country’s involvement in the offshore industry and pointed the finger at “larger economies” such as the UK and Singapore for their role in it...
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND — Members of an Auckland church have changed their stance on the Covid-19 vaccine after the death of a member of their congregation.
The Assembly of God Church of Samoa is the focus of the country's largest sub-cluster of the Delta outbreak.
The country's latest victim of...
Apia, SAMOA — Two men have been arrested and charged for making false statements to procure money in Samoa.
TV1Samoa reports Deputy Police Commissioner Papalii Monalisa Tia'i - Keti confirmed the arrests of the two men who are both in their mid-30s.
The duo are alleged to have duped 20 people out...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is an original cosponsor of a House Resolution introduced this week that would designate a special “U.S. Territories Day” in the United States.
The House Resolution, which was introduced and cosponsored by all five members from the U.S....
Boston, MASS — The 4 million inhabitants of five U.S. territories – Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Northern Marianas Islands, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands – do not have the full protection of the Constitution, because of a series of Supreme Court cases dating back to 1901 that are based on...
Sydney, AUSTRALIA — China has dramatically scaled back its aid to the Pacific in the past two years.
An assessment by Australian think tank, the Lowy Institute, showed while various Western nations were raising concerns about Chinese influence in the Pacific, Beijing was cutting back its...
Milan, ITALY — The Pacific is making a desperate plea to the world's wealthy nations: Step up and deliver on your promises to fight the global climate crisis.
The call comes as climate ministers hold final talks before a key UN conference in Glasgow next month.
One of the biggest issues holding up...
Apia, SAMOA — Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Samoa are preparing for their 191st general conference, a two-day semi-annual meeting that opens this weekend in Utah in the U.S.
The two-day event is scheduled for broadcast across Samoa next weekend.
There are six...
Honolulu, HAWAII — Pacific nations have been joined by their vulnerable Asian counterparts in a call to decarbonize the shipping industry by 2050.
Eleven climate-vulnerable Asian nations endorsed the Climate Vulnerable Forum’s call to the International Maritime Organization, which includes a $100...
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND — More Pasifika teenagers in Aotearoa New Zealand are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 than teenagers in other ethnic groups.
The latest figures from the Ministry of Health show 15 percent of Pasifika 12-to-19 year olds are fully vaccinated, compared with eight percent of...