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Big eye tuna
Honolulu, HAWAII — Pacific Islands fisheries leaders are satisfied with the outcomes of the just completed meeting of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission, or Tuna Commission, in Hawaii. There have been agreements to maintain the current limits on the tuna catch, minimum labour...
The nightclub, NXT
Apia, SAMOA — The Chairman of the Liquor Board, Tialavea Tionisio Hunt, yesterday clarified that the nightclub, NXT, on the Marina has been closed with its liquor license removed. The Restaurant and Bar called The Edge Marina View remains opened. Tialavea, who is the Minister of Revenue, also...
Samoa Congregational Christian Church ministers
Apia, SAMOA — The first hearing of a tax-evasion case against church ministers of the Congregational Christian Church of Samoa has been adjourned until February 5 next year to allow counsel to take instructions. Nine ministers, including the chairman Elder Tauti'aga Senara, appeared in the District...
The Edge Marina View night club in Matautu
Apia, SAMOA — Popular night club Edge Marina View has been shutdown after the Liquor Board stripped its liquor and beverage license. Minister for Revenue and Liquor Board chairman, Tialavea Tionisio Hunt, told the Samoa Observer that the decision of the Board has been conveyed to the club’s owners...
Honolulu, HAWAII — A 24-year-old man has been arrested, accused of assaulting another man in Aiea on Monday, according to Honolulu police. But it’s his name that’s raising eyebrows. Police records say the suspect, whose name is Super Bowl Akerise, got into an argument with a 26-year-old man and “...
A transshipment vessel off shore of a Pacific island
Honolulu, HAWAII — Pacific Island fisheries leaders want the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission, or Tuna Commission, to start effectively managing transshipments on the high seas. The existing Commission measure governing transshipment was adopted in 2009 and is intended for review...
Kalisolaite 'Uhila - Performance artist
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND — Kalisolaite ‘Uhila, whose performance art saw him spend three months homeless in Auckland, is heading to Honolulu’s Biennial. The award-winning Tongan-born experiential performance artist lives in Auckland. His works have involved him spending days in a pig pen, being '...
Hans Dalton's siblings, Nicholas and Natasha Dalton with lawyer Olinda Woodroffe
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND — The psychiatrist who treated a New Zealand man shortly before he was found dead in a Samoan prison cell has refused to give evidence at an inquest into the man's death. Hans Dalton died on Boxing Day, 2012. He was found head-down in a 44-gallon water drum. His family believe...
Nurses take their oaths
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's Ministry of Health has had an injection of 81 newly qualified nurses and midwives to boost its health services register. The new registered nurses and midwives recently took their oath after receiving their certificates and badges at the National University of Samoa Fale. The...
The courthouse in Apia, Samoa.
Apia, SAMOA — The Deputy Registrar of the Ministry of Justice and Courts Administration, Ve'atauia Fa'atasi Puleiata, has identified the three men charged in connection to the Police investigation into the death of Jeremiah Malaki Tauili’ili. Responding to questions from the Sunday Samoan yesterday...

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