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Jinan, CHINA — China Internet Information Center is reporting China and Pacific Island countries reached consensus on joint cooperative measures to tackle climate change at a conference held on Thursday in east China's Shandong Province.
The unveiling ceremony of the cooperation center for China...
Honiara, SOLOMON ISLANDS — The United States has drawn a line in the sand for Solomon Islands regarding its recently signed security cooperation agreement with China.
In a meeting on Friday, US National Security Council Indo-Pacific coordinator Kurt Campbell conveyed Washington DC's concerns with...
Apia, SAMOA — The village mayor of Apia, Tuiletufuga Fritz Tuiavi'i, was arrested for driving under the influence after a traffic incident.
He was fined for breaching the State of Emergency Orders by being on the streets during the curfew hours when arrested on Thusday.
The acting Police...
Honolulu, HAWAII — Hawaiian Airlines is bringing Mananalu, the water company founded by Hawaiʻi environmental activist and celebrity Jason Momoa, to its Premium Cabins to replace plastic water bottles with infinitely recyclable aluminum bottles.
Starting Thursday, April 21, , Hawaiʻi’s hometown...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Skywatchers in the 2Samoas have the opportunity to see not one but two planetary conjunctions during the month of April in a bonus for budding astronomers.
Members of the public were able to see the visible conjunction of the quartet over the eastern horizon at predawn...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's Ministry of Health (M.O.H.) has reported another COVID-19 related death and 362 new community cases to push the country's total to over 6,000 cases.
The M.O.H. report also confirmed one more COVID-19 fatality in the last 48 hours, taking the total number of coronavirus deaths...
Independence, MISSOURI — The Independence Samoan-English Seventh-day Adventist Church and the Independence Ebenezer Spanish Seventh-day Adventist Church in Independence, Missouri, United States, currently provide food for about 200 families each month through their mobile food pantry.
In 2019, the...
Lautoka, FIJI — Fiji police are investigating the arrival of a luxury vessel owned by a Russian oligarch, questioning its captain about how he brought the boat to the Pacific island nation without customs clearance.
Fiji newspapers reported that police had seized the superyacht Amadea, owned by a...
Apia, SAMOA — Point blank, Secretary to Cabinet Agafili Tomaimanō Shem Leo has laid to rest rumors that Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mataafa was tested positive for COVID19 earlier this week.
During a press conference Thursday Agafili labeled the rumors “untrue and unfounded”.
He had met the Prime...
Belleview, WASHINGTON — Tri Marine, a global leading tuna supply company, was recently recognized as the first tuna trading company in the world to obtain ISO 22005:2007 certification from the leading certification body DNV which focuses on the traceability in the feed and food chain.
It was also...