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 Lataro Island is now called Satoshi Island
Satoshi Island, VANUATU — A tiny island off Vanuatu's Espiritu Santo Island could become a haven for people who want to live exclusively in a digital world. What was Lataro Island is now called Satoshi Island - Satoshi being a word that has become synonymous with the digital currency world. The...
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Jinan, CHINA — China Internet Information Center is reporting China and Pacific Island countries reached consensus on joint cooperative measures to tackle climate change at a conference held on Thursday in east China's Shandong Province. The unveiling ceremony of the cooperation center for China...
Manasseh Sogavare and Li Ming
Honiara, SOLOMON ISLANDS — The United States has drawn a line in the sand for Solomon Islands regarding its recently signed security cooperation agreement with China. In a meeting on Friday, US National Security Council Indo-Pacific coordinator Kurt Campbell conveyed Washington DC's concerns with...
APIA TOWN
Apia, SAMOA — The village mayor of Apia, Tuiletufuga Fritz Tuiavi'i, was arrested for driving under the influence after a traffic incident. He was fined for breaching the State of Emergency Orders by being on the streets during the curfew hours when arrested on Thusday. The acting Police...
HAWAIIAN AIR FLIGHT ATTENDANT WITH WATER BOTTLE
Honolulu, HAWAII — Hawaiian Airlines is bringing Mananalu, the water company founded by Hawaiʻi environmental activist and celebrity Jason Momoa, to its Premium Cabins to replace plastic water bottles with infinitely recyclable aluminum bottles.  Starting Thursday, April 21, , Hawaiʻi’s hometown...
planetary conjunction
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Skywatchers in the 2Samoas have the opportunity to see not one but two planetary conjunctions during the month of April in a bonus for budding astronomers.  Members of the public were able to see the visible conjunction of the quartet over the eastern horizon at predawn...
Samoa Ministry of Health building
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's Ministry of Health (M.O.H.) has reported another COVID-19 related death and 362 new community cases to push the country's total to over 6,000 cases. The M.O.H. report also confirmed one more COVID-19 fatality in the last 48 hours, taking the total number of coronavirus deaths...
Woman with box of food.
Independence, MISSOURI — The Independence Samoan-English Seventh-day Adventist Church and the Independence Ebenezer Spanish Seventh-day Adventist Church in Independence, Missouri, United States, currently provide food for about 200 families each month through their mobile food pantry. In 2019, the...
Lautoka, FIJI — Fiji police are investigating the arrival of a luxury vessel owned by a Russian oligarch, questioning its captain about how he brought the boat to the Pacific island nation without customs clearance. Fiji newspapers reported that police had seized the superyacht Amadea, owned by a...
PM Fiame Naomi Mata'afa
Apia, SAMOA — Point blank, Secretary to Cabinet Agafili Tomaimanō Shem Leo has laid to rest rumors that Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mataafa was tested positive for COVID19 earlier this week. During a press conference Thursday Agafili labeled the rumors “untrue and unfounded”. He had met the Prime...

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