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Honolulu, HAWAII — Part Hawaiian, part Samoan, Siasau Matagiese learned to swim before he could walk. Growing up in Kauai, his dad—having learned from his own father—would take him spear-fishing every day, catching species like kalas (bluespine unicorn fish) and small uluas (trevally) for dinner....
Brisbane, AUSTRALIA — For thousands of Australians, the sun-drenched Pacific Islands represent the perfect getaway.
Fiji, Tonga and Samoa are just a short flight from Australia's major eastern cities, and the laidback island resorts cater to all budgets.
On the other side of the Pacific...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa police are reviewing video evidence as they seek to determine the circumstances that led to the body of dead newborn baby girl being dumped next to a trash bin at the Mulifanua wharf on Saturday morning.
“We are investigating this matter," said the Commissioner of Police,...
Apia, SAMOA — Local government officials have no knowledge of a Samoan woman reported to have given birth in a rest room and dumped her new born baby in a trash bin in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The story was reported by the Sun Daily online media in Kuala Lumpur dated Tuesday 3 September.
The Acting...
Nuku'alofa, TONGA — A suspended Tongan police officer is among seven people arrested in Nuku'alofa on drugs charges.
Police said one woman and six men were arrested on Tuesday and 20.85 grams of methamphetamine were seized along with two grams of cocaine and drug utensils.
The arrests, in two...
Suva, FIJI — Fiji's so-called 'miracle baby', found 10 days ago crawling at the top of a cliff near five dead family members, has now been discharged from Lautoka Hospital.
Fiji Times journalist Felix Chaudhary said the baby, who survived in the open for at least a day, was recovering well.
However...
Apia, SAMOA — A new facility dedicated to helping Pacific Island countries prepare for and cope with the impacts of the climate crisis is being officially opened in Samoa.
The Pacific Climate Change Centre is the first of the its kind in the region and aims to deliver capacity development...
Apia, SAMOA — Police in Apia are working to extradite a Samoan man based in Australia in connection with the alleged plot to assassinate Prime Minister, Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi.
Police Commissioner, Fuiavailili Egon Keil, confirmed to the Samoa Observer that the Police had made an...
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — A Samoan woman was detained by police on suspicion of dumping a newborn baby into a trash bin in a restroom on the National Monument grounds, here yesterday.
Dang Wangi District police chief ACP Mohd Fahmi Visunathan Abdullah said police were informed of the discovery of a...
Apia, SAMOA — The publishers of the daily newspaper the Samoa Observer have been found guilty of defamation in the Supreme Court.
n her 25-page finding Justice Mata Keli Tuatagaloa said the defendant is the company who owns the newspaper that published a letter on 29 March 2017 titled, Stop this...