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Honolulu, HAWAII — The Hawaii state Department of Health reported Tuesday four additional monkeypox cases in Hawaii, bringing the total number in an ongoing outbreak to 16.
The additional cases include an Oahu resident with a history of travel outside Hawaii, an Oahu resident whose case is linked...
Apia, SAMOA — Aviation.com is reporting that Samoa Airways will take out a bank loan to pay redundancy compensation to staff furloughed in 2021. And at the same time, the Samoa government is planning to reopen Fagali'I airport, which closed at the end of 2019 when all services moved to Faleolo....
Wellington, NEW ZEALAND — Pasifika women in leadership across New Zealand were recognized at the recently held Women in Governance awards at Parliament.
The awards honour the achievements of women who are governance leaders and directors, all making a difference to achieving gender and cultural...
Nadi, FIJI — Fiji Airways has been cleared by the government of Samoa to resume its services from Apia Faleolo to Honolulu and launch routes to the mainland US, the Samoa Observer has reported.
But while the authorities have yet to announce their decision publicly, Fiji Airways has scheduled the...
Washington, D.C. — The bipartisan House Resolution 8593, the Territories Statistics Collection Equity Act, was introduced late last week to address disparities in available data and data collection methods relating to the U.S. Territories.
Led by House Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Reggie Meredith Fitiao demonstrates the art of Siapo during workshops that train Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders who work in museums and cultural heritage centers that launched this summer.
Also participating from American Samoa is museum curator Erika Radewagen....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Korean War Veterans Memorial was rededicated yesterday with a new feature: a "Wall of Remembrance" that features the names of the more than 43,000 U.S. service members of the Republic of Korea Army assigned to the U.S. Army who were killed during the war.
According...
Suva, FIJI — The announcement the US will 're-engage' with the Pacific has been met with both excitement and uncertainty in the region, but may not be an easy win, an expert on international security says.
US vice president Kamala Harris' promised her country would implement stronger policies to...
Suva, FIJI — Gender-issues, family violence and fostering women to leadership have been key themes at the Pacific Islands Forum summit, which brought together leaders and representatives from most Pacific Island countries.
In and around the grand walls of the summit, leaders have discussed a host...
Nuku'alofa, TONGA — An initially positive response to news the United States plans to build an embassy in Tonga has turned sceptical.
US vice president Kamala Harris made the announcement among other 're-engagement' promises for the Pacific region, in an address via video link with leaders of the...