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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...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Pacific leaders will put a "strong, unified regional voice" at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York this week, the Pacific Islands Forum says.
The UNGA's 81st session is taking place from September 21 to 28, with several Pacific leaders in attendance....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Controversial manosphere influencer Andrew Tate has lost his Vanuatu citizenship.
The self-described misogynist, currently held in a Miami jail with his brother Tristan, purchased a Vanuatu passport under the country's citizenship-by-investment (CBI) scheme in 2022.
He...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Guam's governor is demanding formal consultation over a proposed deep sea mineral lease sale in federal waters off the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI).
Governor Lou Leon Guerrero said Guam was left out of a process afforded to the CNMI.
Leon Guerrero...
HONOLULU — The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council last week called on federal agencies to move forward with long-awaited green sea turtle status reviews in Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and American Samoa — an important step in addressing Pacific...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Most Pacific countries were among 34 nations which did not vote on a decision to admit Palestine to the 81st United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).
Leaders from across the region are making their way to New York for assembly week.
The UN said the vote became necessary...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A New Zealand national and a Samoan national have been charged by Samoa Police in relation to the alleged shooting murder of an Australian citizen and suspected gangleader in Vietnam in May.
In a joint statement, Samoa Police and the Australian Federal Police (AFP) said...