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Apia, SAMOA — Testimony from Frysna Rimoni, the victim in the attempted murder trial who was allegedly shot in the face by Peter Tulaga, spanned approximately four hours last Wednesday, taking up most of the time on day two of Tulaga's trial in the Supreme Court.
Rimoni provided her evidence long...
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND — Tonga's late Queen Sālote Tupou lll will be recognized with a Lifetime Achievement Award at this year's Pacific Music Awards in Auckland.
The award will be posthumously presented at the 15th awards ceremony on Thursday.
Queen Sālote ascended to the throne in 1918 when she...
Washington, D.C. — Much of China's planned investment in the Pacific region is unlikely to eventuate, a top US official says, downplaying regional security fears ahead of an historic meeting between President Trump and Pacific counterparts.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity during a...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's Prime Minister says using teaching resources based on the works of the Scientology founder, Ron Hubbard, does not mean accepting his religious beliefs.
Tuila'epa Sailele Malielegaoi was responding to enquiries after the Samoa Observer reported last month that educational...
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND — A Samoan researcher at Auckland University is looking at culturally appropriate diagnostic tools for Pacific people when it comes to dealing with the prevention of dementia.
The World Health Organisation, which recently released new guidelines on how to prevent dementia and...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoan Prime Minister Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi recently announced his intention to compete at this year’s Pacific Games in Apia.
The declaration might appear out of the ordinary, but the 74-year-old previously achieved the feat when Samoa last hosted the Games in 2007....
APIA, Samoa — The expected rain finally fell from the night sky here on Saturday night and made soggier the thousands of people already damp from the smothering humidity that enveloped them as they waited on stackable plastic chairs for the arrival of the first leader of The Church of Jesus Christ...
Apia, SAMOA — Despite an outdoor field venue drenched by two weeks of rain and a forecast calling for a 90 percent chance of more rainfall during the event, 10,000 people — 5 percent of the nation’s population — are expected to attend a devotional address here on Saturday night by President Russell...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Congressman Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan of CNMI introduced a bill that requires a census every five years in the U.S. insular areas.
Currently, the American Community Survey collects data on population, income, and other information important for policy making in the 50...
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND — A South Auckland family have been left with nothing but the clothes on their backs after a fire destroyed their home and everything in it.
Now the family of 10 are staying in a couple of rooms in a motel until they can find another house but they'll never recover precious...