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Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata, traveling at the request of the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC), led the Radewagen CODEL with Ranking Member Gregory Meeks (D-NY) over the weekend to Colombia for the new President’s inauguration, ensuring that the Committee was...
Apia, SAMOA — National Geographic Pristine Seas begins an expedition this week in the South Pacific nation of Samoa to support the country’s pioneering legal protection of 30% of its ocean, home to nearly 1,000 recorded marine species...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In June of 2025, Olivia Foa'i boarded the MV Mataliki in Samoa bound for Fakaofo in Tokelau - a 24-hour voyage across a vast stretch of rolling Pacific ocean.
She was returning to her grandfather's homeland for the first time since childhood.
Although she had spent much...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — "The English Language Bill, it doesn't give English protection because it doesn't need it."
That's according to linguist Dr Julie Barbour who says English is already the dominant language in Aotearoa New Zealand, so making it an official language does little more than...
Pago Pago, AMERICA SAMOA — More than 4000 students at the National University of Samoa (NUS) were given a dressing down by the country's prime minister after a violent campus brawl last month led to the arrest of four students on criminal charges.
Prime Minister Laaulialemalietoa (Laauli)...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samoa Deputy Prime Minister Mulipola Anarosa Ale-Molio‘o welcomed players and officials to the Samoa Open 2026 during a cocktail reception at the Sheraton Aggie Grey’s Hotel on Wednesday evening.
Delivering the keynote address, Mulipola wished all competitors success and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Pasifika unemployment in New Zealand remains over double that of the general population, even as the nationwide unemployment rate reaches a near-11 year high.
Figures released by Statistics NZ on Wednesday put the unemployment rate for Pacific peoples at 11.6 percent in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Live coverage of the fourth round of the Chairman’s Cup was interrupted on the Lakapi Samoa’s official Facebook page this past Saturday, the Samoa Observer reported Monday.
Sources said the organization’s social media administrators did not know why the Facebook page had...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Fuel prices have plateaued throughout the Pacific, though supply chain "uncertainty" keeps costs high region-wide.
Samoa, Tonga and Fiji have each decreased their fuel price caps for August, though each of them remains higher than before April when the global fuel crisis...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The South Pacific Tuna Treaty, also known as the US Tuna Treaty, remains an important partnership for the region, the Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) says. The Treaty came into force in 1988 and provides the framework for US purse seine fishing vessels to...