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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — For Fijian mother Akeneta Vulimaiigiladi, the journey toward holding two separate, healthy baby girls began with a pregnancy that defied every expectation.
Carrying triplets, Akeneta faced a daunting reality when medical scans revealed that while one baby was developing...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — New Zealand First leader Winston Peters is defending a party ad blaming the sinking of a navy ship on ‘woke’ BS, but is at odds with his own candidate.
Peters says it's "clear as daylight" the captain of the ship was hired through a diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI)...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The United States has suspended a special visa-free travel program for Chinese nationals visiting the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), citing national security concerns, human smuggling and other criminal activities.
The Department of Homeland...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Israel's inclusion into the Pacific region's main political body has drawn sharply contrasting reactions across the region.
While the official diplomatic tone from Pacific leaders, including New Zealand, has been welcoming and focused on consensus, civil society groups...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samoa's Prime Minister La'aulialemalietoa (La'auli) Leuatea Schmidt paused talks on a refreshed treaty with New Zealand until after the New Zealand general election, despite Prime Minister Christopher Luxon's request to "proceed with it".
La'auli made the revelation at a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The buzzword of the 2026 U.S. midterm elections may be affordability, but growing anger over inequality is behind the sentiment.
A Pew Research survey released in October 2026 found that roughly 6 in 10 Americans — including 4 in 10 Republicans — believe there’s too much...
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) — A bipartisan measure that aims to prevent seafood fraud is now federal law.
President Donald Trump signed into law Tuesday the Illegal Red Snapper and Tuna Enforcement Act, led by U.S. Sens. Brian Schatz, D-Hawaii, Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Katie Britt, R-Alabama, Tommy...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Pacific police chiefs have established a new regional policing organization aimed at combating transnational crime, including drug trafficking, human smuggling, child sexual exploitation, money laundering, and firearms trafficking.
The Pacific Community of Policing, or...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Acting Commissioner of Public Safety Lauti Tautalasoo Moliga represented American Samoa at the 53rd Pacific Islands Chiefs of Police Conference held in Saipan, Northern Marianas. The conference, themed “From Tradition to Transformation: Future Proofing Pacific Policing...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Fiji's constitutional reform process has brought the question of who is or can be a 'Fijian' back to the fore.
Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka's coalition government has begun the public consultation process on the Constitutional (Amendment) Bill 2026 in its efforts to...