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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — King Charles III’s first royal visit to Australia begins — his first as monarch, and only the second head of state to step foot on Australian soil.
King Charles and Queen Camilla are undertaking a royal visit to Australia and a state visit to Samoa from October 18-26,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samoa’s Government is trying to reduce a feral pig population which is affecting agriculture and food security.
A recent study tour by a Samoan delegation to Queensland has provided valuable insights into managing the growing problem.
The delegation, which included...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samoa's Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mata'afa says a question mark hangs over whether work related to the Manawanui disaster will pause during King Charles' visit for the Commonwealth leaders' meeting.
About 60 New Zealand Defense Force personnel and specialists are...
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND — His career took him to the biggest heights in boxing, but now David Tua is swapping the spotlight for a subdued and simple island life.
Samoa "is calling" the former heavyweight, who wants to spend the next chapter of his life cracking coconuts instead of jaws.
Having moved...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The South Pacific tropical cyclone season is due to start in November and will run until the last day of April. On average there's nine each season and tropical cyclones can straddle either end of the season, as seen last year with Lola in October.
But what actually is a...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander adults are more likely than the overall U.S. population to view legal immigration as an asset to the country’s economy and workforce, according to a new poll.
When it comes to the risks posed by illegal immigration, though,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Fiji's RFNS Puamau is being decommissioned after it ran aground on a reef earlier this year in Fulaga, located in Fiji's Southern Lau Group.
Australia gifted the Guardian-class patrol boat to Fiji in May this year only to run aground in June.
It suffered extensive...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A fire on board the doomed Royal New Zealand Navy ship that sank off the southern coast of Samoa started in the engine room, authorities say.
Samoan officials have also confirmed that HMNZ Manwanui is leaking oil from three separate locations and that the residual oil is...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The CNMI Department of Corrections (DOC) wants to house inmates from other jurisdictions as its current number of prison beds far exceeds its present prison population.
Corrections Commissioner Anthony Torres said the DOC currently has approximately 180 inmates.
He said...
Apia, SAMOA — The Marine Pollution Advisory Committee (MPAC) continues to assess the situation relating to the run aground HMNZS Manawanui at Tafitoala.
A press statement released yesterday, detailed on Wednesday, October 9, 2024, that the Chairman, Afioga Fui Tupai Mau Simanu, Chief Executive...