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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Starlink has fully withdrawn their satellite services from Papua New Guinea as the government grapples over their licensing.
Last Thursday, the National Information and Communications Technology Authority (NICTA) announced that the network's parent company, SpaceX, had...
Honolulu, HAWAII — (Dec. 25, 2025) A new study revealed that marine areas managed by local villages are more stable and abundant compared to federally designated no-take reserves.
Researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology ToBo Lab studied giant clam...
Apia, SAMOA — (28 December, 2025) Police in the Independent State of Samoa have intensified their campaign against the spread of methamphetamine (meth), launching a series of coordinated raids that resulted in the arrest of 17 suspects — both men and women — between December 16 and 23.
Of the 17...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samoa: The year was barely two weeks old before the first ructions of discontent started in Samoa's Parliament.
A split in the country's FAST Party in January saw then-prime minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa remove FAST Party chairman La'aulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt and...
Samoana High School graduate Dean Briski, a consistent UH Offensive Line star, dominates Cal's Outside Linebacker, Jayden Wayne in the Hawaii Bowl's 2nd Quarter. The University of Hawaii Rainbow Warriors defeated the Cal Bears, 35-31 in an amazing come from behind victory, overcoming a 21 point...
Apia, SAMOA — (December 22, 2025) After more than a year of waiting for compensation following the sinking of the New Zealand Navy vessel HMNZS Manawanui off the southern coast of Upolu, Prime Minister Laaulialemalietoa Leuatea Polataivao Schmidt has confirmed that the New Zealand Government’s 10...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Concerns are being raised that the New Zealand government has shortchanged Samoa since HMNZS Manawanui sank off the south coast of Upolu last year.
Letters released under the Official Information Act show the Samoa government has agreed it will not seek further...
HONOLULU — On the second day on Wednesdday of its 205th meeting, the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council advanced key actions to strengthen monitoring, improve at-sea communications and support U.S. Pacific territories in international tuna negotiations.
Electronic Monitoring:...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — More than a year after the New Zealand navy vessel HMNZS Manawanui sank off the south coast of Samoa's island of Upolu, affected locals have yet to be compensated.
Information showing a compensation payment from the New Zealand government to the Samoa government of SAT$...
HONOLULU — The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council this week took another step toward restoring sustainable commercial fishing in waters within several Pacific marine national monuments, considered pristine when they were established. The Council directed its staff to continue...


![A color variation of Tridacna maxima in Fagasa in American Samoa. [Photo credit: Paolo Marra-Biggs] A color variation of Tridacna maxima](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/tridacna_maxima_giant_clam.jpg?itok=M0jaZJZT)

![George "Fiji" Veikoso was one of the Pacific's most beloved musical voices. [Photo: Facebook / Homecoming Music Festival] George "Fiji" Veikoso](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/george_fiji_veikoso.jpeg?itok=aHBHgg1X)

![The sunken New Zealand Navy vessel HMNZS Manawanui off the southern coast of Upolu. [photo: NZDF] Sunken HMNZS Manawanui](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/sunken_manawanui_nzdf_jpg_0.jpg?itok=OKXjU2oD)
![Diesel fuel slicking out from the wreck of the HMNZS Manawanui, in late 2024, after the navy shift grounded on a reef near the village of Tafitoala in Samoa. Photo: Ministry of Works Transport and Infrastructure Samoa [file photo] HMNZS Manawanui oil slick](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/diesel_fuel_from_manawanui.jpeg?itok=DxiJQHuo)
![Once installed, stern-facing electronic monitoring cameras will record bird's-eye views of the processing deck and alongside fishing vessels when hauling gear back. [Source: Hawaiian Fresh] stern-facing electronic monitoring cameras](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/fishing_vessel.png?itok=LY8lUUWn)

