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PUYALLUP FAIRGROUNDS — It's that time of year again, when Northwest Tatau Festival organizers kick it into high gear in preparation for 2 days of adrenaline-filled excitement. It's an event that brings together artists, tattoo fanatics, and those curious to learn more about the tatau. In its first...
Kapoho Bay, BIG ISLAND HAWAII — People living near Hawaii's erupting Kilauea volcano have been airlifted out to escape flowing lava. More homes have been destroyed, earthquakes are continuing and lava is now entering the ocean in Kapoho Bay. A river of lava spewing from the foot of Hawaii's Kilauea...
Apia, SAMOA — A Samoa church's decision to ignore a law requiring ministers to pay income tax is stirring great debate in the country. The prime minister and the Congregational Christian Church, the country's biggest, are locked in a heated debate over the church's decision to flout the law, which...
Apia, SAMOA — Cabinet has suspended all official travel for Government officials that are fully funded by the local budget – unless a special approval is granted. The suspension became effective in March and will be reviewed at the end of June. Revealed in a letter, the order was made to all...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoan police have given up hopes that the Salelologa village will hand over five suspects after last week's brawl with youths of the neighboring Salelavalu village. A police spokesperson said the names of five suspects were given to the village chiefs and orators of Salelologa last...
Apia, SAMOA — A notorious prison inmate in Samoa, Uli Manuleleua has had his Supreme Court case deferred after three police witnesses were unable to attend court. Uli Manuleleua allegedly escaped from prison with four other inmates just before Christmas last year by walking out of the high security...
Washington, D.C. — Doug Domenech, U.S. Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary - Insular and International Affairs, this week provided a $497,738 grant to the University of Hawaii Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research School of Ocean and Earth Science for a project to improve...
Apia, SAMOA —  Samoa police are investigating the death of a bouncer who worked at a local nightclub who was allegedly clubbed on the head with a heavy weight during his shift. The man suffered the injuries last week. On Friday, he collapsed and died at his home. The man worked as a bouncer at...
Salelologa, SAMOA — The men who ransacked the Salelologa Market last Monday remain at large. As of yesterday, no one has been arrested despite their identities becoming common public knowledge after their photos were posted on mainstream and online media. On Monday, men from Salelologa vandalised...
Apia, SAMOA — Beyond the social taboo, menstrual products generate extraordinary amounts of waste. Close to 20 billion sanitary napkins, tampons and applicators are dumped into North American landfills every year. In India, more than half of India’s women and girls use disposable napkins,...

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