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Tokyo, JAPAN — Japan has agreed to delay the discharge of treated nuclear wastewater into the Pacific Ocean until Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) experts verify it is safe to do so.
This comes as incoming Forum chair and Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown travelled to Japan as part of the PIF...
Apia, SAMOA — The newly crowned Miss Pacific Islands is Miss Papua New Guinea, Josie Nicholas Congratulations PNG and to all the contestants.
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• Best Traditional Wear - Miss American Samoa• Best Sarong - Miss Samoa • People's Choice Award - Miss PNG • Miss Personality - Miss Nauru...
Honolulu, HAWAII — Hawaii News Now is reporting the state on Wednesday reported 11 additional coronavirus deaths and 766 new cases in the past seven days.
The latest number brings the statewide total since the start of the pandemic to 377,743.
The state’s COVID figures don’t include positives from...
Apia SAMOA — The Deputy Leader of the Human Rights Protection Party, Lauofo Fonote Pierre, has been declared opposition leader in Parliament.
Lauofo becomes leader following Parliament's approval of proposed amendments, entitling opposition leadership to the largest opposition party.
Approved...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's Ministry of Health has begun an investigation into how a disused district hospital in Maasina village in the Fagaloa area came to be used as an animal farm.
The Samoa Observer reported that Minister of Health Valasi Tafito Selesele addressed the issue in parliament, in...
Apia, SAMOA — The World’s shortest man, Edward Nino Hernandez from Bogotá Colombia, joined Tupa’i Bruno Loyale and his team to perform in the Magic Circus of Samoa and to also join their world tour.
Radio Polynesia reported this weekend is Magic Circus of Samoa’s last two shows.
He was certified...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's new Director General of the Ministry of Health says the government won't raise nurses' salaries to keep them in Samoa.
Aiono Alec Ekeroma told the Samoa Observer it's most likely the main reason for nurses leaving is there's more money to be made overseas with seasonal work...
Apia, SAMOA — The Samoa Observer is reporting that the Ministry of Health is advising it has recorded 14 new positive cases of COVID-19 in its latest weekly surveillance released this past Friday.
According to details of the report published in the Observer, the coronavirus positive test results...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa might be a small country in the eyes of the world but when it comes to matters of the Ocean, it is a large ocean state. As such, Samoa is home to exceptional habitats such as seamounts, coral reefs, mangroves, and oceanic basins, which contribute significantly to the economy and...
Nouméa, NEW CALEDONIA — No-take marine protected areas in the western and central Pacific Ocean appear to offer no benefit to tropical tuna conservation according to a new study published in Frontiers in Marine Science.
The paper's lead author and chief fisheries scientist at the Pacific Community...