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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Few people on Earth have seen a polymetallic nodule 4 kilometers under the ocean, but Rob McCallum is one of them.
"They are anywhere between the size of a potato or a baseball and they are black," he said.
McCallum is a divemaster and founder of EYOS Expeditions, a firm...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — This is not like the movies where a lone scientist is about to save the world with an idea only they have.
Some of it is obviously absurd.
Like the research saying sniffing chocolate in the gym will increase your leg power. Or the study proving one trip is worth a year...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samoa's Prime Minister La'aulialemalietoa (La'aiuli) Leuatea Schmidt has apologized for a historical video in which he used the term "Heil Hitler".
"I have been made aware of historical video footage reported in the media relating to a private family gathering in Savai'i...
HONOLULU — The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) awarded $2,183,905 in grants to three grantees for Hawaii community organizations that provide suicide prevention services to Veterans in Hawaii.
This funding is part of $112 million in grants awarded to 191 organizations nationwide to support...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Commercial deep sea mining (DSM) in the Cook Islands and other pro-mining Pacific countries could begin as early as 2027, an Australian-based think tank predicts. However, the Cook Islands Seabed Minerals Authority (SBMA) maintains that exploration will continue until...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Journalists Association of Samoa (JAWS) is demanding answers over the removal of a journalist's camera and the deletion of photographs taken while she was covering a public event.
According to the Samoa Observer, Prime Minister La'aulialemalietoa (La'auli) Leuatea...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A Fijian lawyer says the disappearance of cocaine from the Suva High Court could complicate future criminal cases for which the drugs were seized.
The cocaine, weighing nearly 40kg with an estimated street value about US$14 million, was being held in the court's exhibit...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The mayors of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) have jointly appealed to US President Donald Trump for federal assistance.
They say the US self-governing territory is struggling with economic hardship, government fiscal pressures and recovery from...
KAILUA-KONA — The Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC) recognized Kitty M. Simonds, executive director of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, with its Outstanding Contribution to Pacific Coast Fisheries Award during the Commission’s 79th Annual Meeting in Kona,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Fiji's police chief has confirmed that six persons of interest have been identified following investigations into 40kg of missing cocaine bars that were stored at the Suva High Court evidence room.
In a news briefing on Wednesday, Police Commissioner Rusiate Tudravu said...