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Honolulu, HAWAII — A Palolo couple has been charged on suspicion of labor trafficking. Police say the two allegedly held a teenage girl captive in their home and forced her to work as a servant.
According to HNN, investigators report she was also repeatedly beaten.
The couple was identified as...
Apia, SAMOA — The Samoa Observer is reporting that Samoa authorities have detected two new positive COVID-19 cases with a driver and another health worker bringing to 15 the total number of active cases in Samoa.
A statement issued by the Government Press Secretariat on Sunday afternoon confirmed...
NEW YORK —The Daily Beast is reporting that former Hawaii congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard has long perplexed U.S. officials and observers with her seemingly inexplicable pro-Russian positions. And a new development this week is sure to reinforce the half-jokes that Gabbard is a “Russian asset”; as it...
HONOLULU (AP) — Honolulu police were searching for two men suspected of killing a man whose body was found encased in concrete in a bathtub in one of Hawaii’s most exclusive, gated communities.
Police, investigating a missing person’s case, entered a Hawaii Loa Ridge home Tuesday where they...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's badly damaged patrol boat Nafanua II is beyond repair and is being tagged for disposal by the Australian government.
The Guardian class patrol boat, which was gifted by Australia two years ago, was damaged in a grounding last August.
In a joint statement the Australian and...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's Ministry of Police and Prisons is defending its decision to reinstate Police Prosecutor Kenneth Komiti who's accused of altering court documents.
Deputy Police Commissioner Afamasaga Samuelu said the police don't have "sufficient evidence" to proceed with criminal charges, so...
Apia, SAMOA — Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa has reiterated Samoa’s position in condemning Russia’s invasion of neighboring Ukraine, while expressing regret at the rising death toll from the war.
Speaking in a video interview with the Government Press Secretariat this past weekend, Fiame said...
Apia, SAMOA — Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa has confirmed 25 of Samoa's front-line workers on the wharf have been isolated when four crew members of a cargo vessel had tested positive for Covid-19 upon arriving in American Samoa.
Samoa was the last place they docked, on 1st March.
This was...
Nuku'alofa, TONGA — Tonga Cable Ltd says the country's domestic telecommunications cable may take up to a year to fix.
The cable was ripped apart by January's devastating volcanic eruption and tsunami.
Tonga Cable chief executive James Panuve says up to 110km of a special cable may have to be...
Apia, SAMOA — Two Samoan female MPs still await the outcome of legal challenges in order to be sworn in and enter Parliament. Two H.R.P.P. members (Aliimalemanu Alofa Tuuau and Fagasealii Sapoa Feagai) have formally challenged the Speaker for delaying their swearing-in as MPs.
But, Speaker Papali'i...