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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...
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND — Footage has emerged of an officer appearing to strike a man near the Toa Samoa fan zone with his knee, then attempt to punch him in the head while he was in police custody.
The incident took place near the Ōtara fan zone at 2am, ahead of the Rugby League World Cup finals....
HONOLULU (AP) — A jury on Thursday found two Native Hawaiian men guilty of a hate crime for the 2014 beating of a white man who was fixing up a house he purchased in their remote Maui neighborhood.
U.S. District Judge J. Michael Seabright ordered Kaulana Alo-Kaonohi and Levi Aki Jr. detained...
Apia, SAMOA — The findings of a survey that focused on ordinary Samoans' attitudes to key aspects of their democracy such as trust in institutions, identity and attitudes to the role of government will be unveiled on Tuesday.
The Pacific Attitudes Survey (PAS) Symposium will be hosted by the...
Sharm el-Sheikh, EGYPT — Pacific climate activists have challenged the United States' assertion at COP27 that it is a 'global climate leader'.
President Joe Biden announced commitments to accelerating his Emergency Plan for Adaptation and Resilience, including a further $US150 million in Egypt.
He...
Honolulu, HAWAII — The US Coast Guard Cutter Oliver Berry has been conducting security operations in Samoa’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ), identifying six violations from either local or foreign fishing vessels.
A news release issued by the U.S. Coast Guard confirms that the vessel conducted four...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's former Assistant Electoral Commissioner, Afualo Daryl Mapu, has been sentenced to jail on drugs charges.
Afualo, 39, was found guilty of charges of possession of narcotics, utensils, unlawful weapons, unregistered firearms, unlawful ammunition, and ammunition without permit....
Apia, SAMOA — Talamua Online is reporting that Samoa police have charged a man in his mid-fifties for allegedly bashing a student with a timber close to the old Savalalo market last weekend.
The man was identified in social media footage hitting a St. Joseph’s College student with a timber followed...