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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — French authorities in New Caledonia are investigating after a sea turtle was found tied to a tree.
The female turtle, about 25-30 years-old, was bound in rope in the Koutio mangrove swamp in Dumbéa and rescued on 14 September.
An Aquarium des Lagons spokesperson said she...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Samoa government has paid $6 million in compensation to Samoa, to mark one year since the grounding and sinking of HMNZS Manawanui.
On 6 October, 2024, the vessel ran aground on a reef off the South Coast of Upolu, and then sank.
Foreign Minister Winston Peters said...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samoa has recorded more than 14,000 clinically diagnosed dengue cases since January, and its seventh death from the disease.
The latest report, released on September 29, covers the week of September 22- 28.
The Ministry of Health said for that period, cases were down 26...
(AP) — Matthew McConaughey playing the real-life bus driver who saved elementary school students during California’s deadliest wildfire are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
Also among the streaming offerings worth your time this week, as selected by...
Jane Goodall, the gentle disrupter whose research on chimpanzees redefined what it meant to be human
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Anyone proposing to offer a master class on changing the world for the better, without becoming negative, cynical, angry or narrow-minded in the process, could model their advice on the life and work of pioneering animal behavior scholar Jane Goodall.
Goodall’s life...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is offering a sunny outlook on the Pacific economy, but with clouds on the horizon.
In its latest forecasts, the Bank puts economic growth at 4.1 percent regionwide, while projecting a dip in inflation.
But the region is expected to slow...
Apia, SAMOA — (September 30, 2025) A State of Emergency has been declared in Samoa, effective from September 30 to October 29, 2025, to authorize the release of funds from the Treasury to address an ongoing economic emergency.
The proclamation was signed on Sept 26 by the Head of State, His...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Japan is providing Tonga with a US$17.7million airport upgrade.
PMN reported the initial request for the upgrade was made by Tonga in 2022, following a detailed study by Japan. A grant aid of US$17.7m was approved in August for Fua'amotu International Airport in...
Salt Lake City, UTAH — Communities worldwide are mourning the passing of Russell M. Nelson, the 17th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and a former world-renowned heart surgeon. President Nelson passed away peacefully at his home in Salt Lake City shortly after 10 p.m....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As an education researcher who has studied the economic returns of higher education, I know that college degrees remain cost-effective investments for most students.
But college tuition has risen at roughly twice the rate of inflation during the past two decades, and...