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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Fiji police have confirmed that nearly 40 kilograms of cocaine stored in a High Court exhibit room were found to have been replaced with flour.
The 39 cocaine bars were stored in the Suva High Court exhibit room. According to local media reports, the street value of the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Life expectancy in several Pacific Island countries remains "below average" in comparison to global averages, despite a significant increase in average life expectancy since 1960.
"Average life expectancy across the Pacific is 68.8 years, up from 52.7 in 1960. That's a...
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) — An extremely potent illegal drug called cychlorphine is killing people in multiple states, including a teenager in California. Hawaii health officials say it is a matter of time before deaths from the drug happen in the islands.
Cychlorphine is an opioid made in a lab...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Forecasters said Nolo's outer bands could cause life-threatening flooding and mudslides, with parts of the Big Island possibly getting up to 20 inches (50 centimeters) of rain. Heavy rain also was expected on the other islands.
More than 120 National Guard members were...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The mayors of Saipan, Tinian and Aguiguan, Rota, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Islands (CNMI) have joined ranks against proposed seabed mining in the territory's waters.
They are saying that too many environmental and economic questions remain unanswered for the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samoa's Health Ministry is urging Samoans to use safe sex practices, including using condoms correctly, and to avoid sharing needles as the country rolls out its HIV response following Fiji's government declaring an HIV emergency.
The ministry said it was currently...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — White Sunday is just around the corner for the 2Samoas — the second Sunday of October — with many residents of American Samoa returning home to Samoa or just visiting for the event that honors the children.
For American Samoa it coincides with Columbus Day or Indigenous...
WAILUKU (HawaiiNewsNow) — Opening statements began Tuesday in the trial of a man charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of a Maui police officer last year.
Clembert Alii Kaneholani, 39, is accused of fatally shooting Officer Suzanne O in Paia.
(Suzanne O was born in Pago Pago,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Lou Leon Guerrero, the governor of Guam, learned about the government’s plan to mine her people’s waters the same way everyone else did: by reading the news.
It was November 12, and her advisor had sent her an article link — apparently, a journalist had inquired about it...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The president of the Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) says journalists need greater protection when reporting on organised crime networks.
Speaking at a panel discussion on organized crime in Savusavu, Kalafi Moala said journalists investigating drug trafficking...