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Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's Ministry of Health has closed five restaurants in central Apia for unhygienic conditions.
TV1Samoa reports the Director General of Health, Aiono Dr Alec Ekeroma, has confirmed the closures but did not name the eateries.
He also said five other restaurants have been warned to...
Nuku'alofa, TONGA — Three children in Tonga who died from viral pneumonia caused by Influenza B were aged 1, 3 and 13.
CEO of the Ministry of Health, Dr Siale 'Akau'ola, told Matangi Tonga the outbreak of influenza-like illnesses has been going on in Tonga for the last eight-to-nine weeks.
He said...
Apia, SAMOA — The Samoa health chief is appealing to parents and guardians to get their children immunized with the measles, mumps, and rubella (M.M.R.) vaccinations, as well as the assistance of village councils and the Women's Committee to push for the vaccination campaign.
The Health Ministry...
Avarua Harbor, COOK ISLANDS — The art of building a vaka is being preserved in the Cook Islands after nine canoes built entirely of traditional materials set sail to the sound of drums in Avarua harbor recently.
The project by Cook Islands Voyaging Society and master carver Ta'unga Mike Tavioni...
Apia, SAMOA — The Samoa Observer is reporting six families will finally be able to have closure and get a chance to bury their loved ones as their bodies lie at the mortuary awaiting autopsies.
"A forensic pathologist arrived in the country on Friday morning from Fiji to conduct post mortem...
Apia, SAMOA — The Samoa Observer is reporting a teenager is in police custody in Samoa awaiting his court appearance, after a European couple laid a complaint with the Police, which led to his arrest and robbery charges being filed.
The couple were among tourists who disembarked from the MSC Poesia...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa Tourism Authority (STA) confirmed that Samoa was one of the Pacific Island nations represented at this year's Los Angeles Travel & Adventure Show, which took place from February 18 & 19 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in California.
American Samoa, Cook Islands,...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's Ministry of Health is calling on all parents with children under five to ensure that their child has been immunised for measles, mumps and rubella.
The Ministry said there are still a significant number of children under five who have not yet completed their scheduled...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa Airways has failed to remit to local taxation authorities approximately WST2 million tala (USD737,450 dollars) in personal income tax payments collected from employees since 2019, according to Aviation.com.
Samoa Observer is also reporting airline employees saying that tax...
Honolulu, HAWAII — Filipinos in American Samoa and Hawaii are being warned against job offers to work as call center agents in Southeast Asia as this might just lead to working as crypto scammers being ran by criminal syndicates in the region.
This comes after the Philippine Embassy in Honolulu...