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SAMOA POST OFFICE
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As Samoa navigates through the digital age, the once bustling post offices face an uncertain future, underscored by the stark reality of over a hundred empty mailboxes across the country. This development beckons a critical reflection on the evolving means of...
Dr. Seuseu Tauati
Apia, SAMOA — The five cattle and five sheep gifted by the Samoan government to the American Samoa government are currently being cared for at the Vaea compound and not at Togitogiga. This was confirmed in a statement issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (M.A.F.) on Friday, in...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samoa is witnessing an alarming rise in dialysis patients, with healthcare professionals sounding the alarm over the shifting demographic to include younger individuals in need of life-saving treatment. BNN News is reporting recent data from the National Kidney...
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Apia, SAMOA — All Samoan citizens, including those who reside overseas, can be prosecuted once they enter the country if they do not undergo a compulsory election registration. This was made clear in Parliament last Friday by the Minister for the Office of the Electoral Commission, Faualo Harry...
ANTHONY SEUSEU
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Digicel Samoa announced on Monday that it has been granted conditional approval from the Government of Samoa to launch 5G technology, and is already working with Nokia to upgrade its cell tower sites. Digicel Samoa said the upgrades will start with cell tower sites in...
KING OF TONGA AND OTHERS
Nuku'alofa, TONGA — Tongan Prime Minister Hu'akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni met King Tupou VI in Niuafo'ou as the two sides worked on ironing out differences that had surfaced in early February. While there has been no official update from either the Prime Minister's Office or the Royal Palace Office...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Department of the Interior on Monday released a press statement celebrating the finalization of amendments to the Compacts of Free Association, which would provide 20 years of new economic assistance. The $6.5 billion of assistance is critical for economic stability...
Dame Meg Taylor
Port Moresby, PNG — Papua New Guinea's Dame Meg Taylor has been an athlete, lawyer, and diplomat as well as the first woman secretary-general of the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) from 2014-2021. Speaking to RNZ Pacific this week about International Women's Day — today, March 8 — Dame Meg reflected on...
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Honolulu, HAWAII — A vibrant purple haze over the Hamakua Coast was seen by Hawaii Island residents during sunset over the weekend. Weather experts explain the colorful sky is due to the way light bounces off of atmospheric particles. The weather that evening was cloudy and the atmosphere was full...
Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata
Washington, D.C. — The co-chairs of the bipartisan House Pacific Islands Caucus are hailing House passage of legislation that renews and funds the Compacts of Free Association (COFA). The Compacts are the foundation for U.S. relations with the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States...

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