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Apia, SAMOA — The New Zealand Governor-General is visitomg Samoa in celebration of their 60th year of independence.
Dame Cindy Kiro will be in Samoa until Thursday, and will meet with Prime Minister, Fiame Naomi Mata'afa, as well as the Head of State.
The Governor-General willl also attend a number...
Honolulu, HAWAII — Hawaiian Airlines operated their very first flight with a mother and daughter pilot on Wednesday, Aug. 31.
Mother, Captain Kamelia Zarka and her daughter, First Officer Maria Zarka took flight over the Pacific.
The mother, a Boeing 717 captain, was the first Tongan woman to...
Apia, SAMOA — The Samoa Supreme Court has declared the Assembly motion, purporting to suspend two leading MPs, is void.
The Court ruled on Tuesday in favour of former prime minister, Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi and Lealailepule Rimoni Aiafi, who had sought to overturn their indefinite suspension...
Suve, FIJI — China has given the Pacific Islands Forum secretariat an annual contribution of $US1.1 million.
In a handover ceremony, the Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum, Henry Puna, welcomed the funding, done under the Pacific Islands Forum Co-operation Fund.
Puna said China...
Honolulu, HAWAII — About 77% of Hawaii’s population is now fully vaccinated against COVID. But only about half of those people went back to get their first booster doses.
And just 15% got their second booster, which is restricted to those at higher risk of severe disease.
Now, state health...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's financially strapped national airline, Samoa Airways, will spend a further $3 million tālā to pay unpaid redundancy entitlements for 30 staff who lost jobs during the closure of international borders.
Interim Chief Executive, Fauo'o Fatu Tielu, said staff were hired to work on...
Apia, SAMOA — The Samoan Parliament has unanimously re-elected Head of State, Tuimaleali'ifano Va'aleto'a Sualauvi II, to a second five-year term.
The re-election put to rest much speculation that he would be replaced by the Fa'atuatua I le Atua Samoa ua Tasi, or FAST, government.
The first order...
Apia, SAMOA — Five years after the Samoa Government launched a sex offender registry there are just over 100 sex offenders registered, including one woman.
Police Commissioner Auapa'au Logoitino Filipo said the registry protected women and children.
In March, Supreme Court Justice, Vui Clarence...
WASHINGTON — The United States has successfully tested a long-range, nuclear-capable ballistic missile after twice postponing the launch to avoid stoking tensions over Ukraine and Taiwan.
The Air Force Global Strike Command launched the unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile over...
Sydney, AUSTRALIA — Qantas is expanding its South Pacific presence with the addition of Tonga to its network, offering a new tropical destination for Australian travellers to explore.
Following the recent reopening of Tonga’s borders, Qantas will fly weekly between Sydney and Nuku’alofa’s Fua’amotu...