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Apia, SAMOA — Aisoli Faapusa Te’o was removed from the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) cruise ship he had been working on after he allegedly stabbed another sailor in an incident that he says was self-defense.
Aisoli insists that he had acted in defense of a young Samoan sailor who was being...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's former Deputy Prime Minister says allegations of treason and breaches of standing orders are a 'bit of an election ploy.
The Prime Minister, Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi, ordered a Commission of Inquiry to look into the behaviour of Fiame Naomi Mata'afa, and three other MPs...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's former deputy prime minister and three other Opposition MPs are to be investigated for alleged treasonous activities and breaches of Standing Orders.
A Commission of Inquiry has been ordered to look into the behaviour of Fiame Naomi Mata'afa, who recently left the governing...
Saipan, NORTHERN MARIANNAS — Efforts are being made to change the rules over who can own land in the Northern Marianas.
Currently the constitution restricts the ownership of land to people of Northern Marianas descent.
But a legislative initiative from Senate President, Jude Hofschneider, aims to...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoan authorities are likely to extend the quarantine period for 160 repatriated passengers who arrived three weeks ago if a 16-year-old male on their flight continues to test positive for Covid-19.
Newsline Samoa reports the young carrier, who has been in isolation at the Tupua...
Honolulu, HAWAII — About 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 16, a car was stolen from the Aloha Gas station in Waianae. Witnesses say it was parked at the pump when a man jumped in the driver’s seat and took off.
And in the passenger’s seat: A baby in her car seat.
When the thief realized the baby was there,...
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND — New Zealand's Pasifika community has been living and working on the front line of the Covid-19 pandemic, since the coronavirus arrived a year ago.
On the 28th February 2020, New Zealand announced their first confirmed Covid-19 case reported to the Ministry of Health.
HOW...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa has registered it’s first official Covid-19 positive case since the global pandemic emerged out of Wuhan China in late 2019.
The community remains covid free however, with the 16 year old in managed isolation since he arrived on a repatriation flight on the 12th of February...
Honolulu, HAWAII — The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council announces the following public meetings on fisheries management in offshore waters of Hawai‘i (HI), American Samoa (AS), Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and Pacific Remote Island Areas (PRIA)....
Nuku'alofa, TONGA — Tonga's Ministry of Health says it plans to vaccinate up to 70 percent of the population by the end of the year.
The COVAX facility, an initiative set up to provide equitable access to vaccines, has put Tonga on the tentative list to receive the AstraZeneca vaccine, which was...