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Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's population has increased in the past six years by four percent to 205,557.
The official report of the Samoa Population Housing Census 2021 released by the Samoa Bureau of Statistics shows that Upolu Island continues to have the largest share of the country's population with 78...
Apia, SAMOA — A Supreme Court Senior Justice in Samoa has decried the continued increase in sexual offences targeting young children, despite efforts to increase court-imposed penalties for offenders.
Senior Justice Vui Clarence Nelson was commenting as he sentenced a 20-year-old man to 12 years in...
Hawaiian Volcanoes Observatory, BIG ISLAND — The Hawaiian Volcanoes Observatory said the Mauna Loa volcano’s main lava flow is approximately 1.8 miles from Daniel K. Inouye Highway ― and moving at an average rate of about 20 feet per hour.
“Funneling at the vent is still ongoing. It’s roughly...
Apia, SAMOA — U.S. Peace Corps volunteers are returning to Samoa by early next year with the hope of improving English literacy for many young Samoans and other youth around the Pacific.
The Samoa Observer is reporting that during the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting this year, U.S. Vice...
Da Nang, VIETNAM — The annual meeting of the countries involved in the world's largest and most lucrative tuna fishery concluded in Vietnam on Saturday.
The 26 members of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission constitute resource owning island nations and foreign countries whose...
Apia, SAMOA — A warning has been issued that cyber crime is on the rise in Samoa after the police thwarted an attempt by hackers to take money from a government authority and a local company.
The Samoa Observer reports the Land Transport Authority and a local construction company were victims to...
Apia, SAMOA — The Pacific Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) solutions forum is underway in Samoa.
In an opening ceremony in Apia, Samoa's Prime Minister, Fiame Naomi Mata'afa said agriculture and food security are top of the agenda.
Fiame said food shortages threaten small island states as...
Da Nang, VIETNAM — The head of Tonga's delegation to the Pacific Tuna Commission meeting underway in Vietnam is calling for more unity and cooperation as delegates haggle over the management measures for the multi-billion dollar fishery.
The chief executive officer of the Tonga Ministry of...
Big Island, HAWAII — The largest active volcano in the world, Hawaii's Mauna Loa has erupted for the first time in nearly 40 years.
It erupted around 23:30 local time on Sunday (09:30 GMT Monday), and has created a spectacular spectacle of lava explosions and flows within its caldera and generated...
Kolonia, POHNPEI — Commercial fishing vessels in the Pacific could see regional fisheries observers returning to their decks as early as January next year.
Prior to the pandemic there were around 800 regional fisheries observers on board vessels in the region.
These independent witnesses spent...