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(AP) — A majority of Pacific islanders say corruption is a problem in their governments, with significant numbers saying they have been offered bribes for their votes, according to a new survey released Tuesday by an anti-graft watchdog group.
Transparency International said its first-ever study of...
Apia, SAMOA — The Samoa government is planning a second nationwide lockdown for this Friday 19 November in efforts to attain 99 percent coverage of the Covid-19 vaccine. This while opposition to a similar program in American Samoa gains traction.
Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa said the latest...
Honolulu, HAWAII — Despite having one of the best vaccination rates in the country, Hawaii’s lieutenant governor says the state’s Safe Travels Program won’t end anytime soon.
“I don’t think Safe Travels goes away until the rest of the world has seen a great decrease in COVID,” he said. “My gut...
Apia, SAMOA — The Samoa government is planning a second nationwide lockdown for this Friday 19 November in efforts to attain 99 percent coverage of the Covid-19 vaccine. This while opposition to a similar program in American Samoa gains traction.
Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa said the latest...
Honolulu, HAWAII — A federal jury awarded $7 million in damages to a woman who said she was sexually assaulted by a deputy sheriff in a First Circuit Court cellblock in Honolulu in 2014.
Elizabeth Mueller was in HOPE probation, a drug probation program, when she alleges she was assaulted during an...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's Congregational Christian Church (EFKS) has told the FAST party government it must make good on its campaign promise to repeal a law requiring all church ministers to pay income tax.
The Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa announced last week that the Ministry of Revenue has...
Glasgow, SCOTLAND — The COP26 climate talks have heard that the Pacific Island region will need to contend with the loss of Pacific tuna stocks which are under threat from climate change.
The abundance and distribution of the four economically important tuna in the western and central Pacific —...
Washington, DC — The U.S. Department of State, in partnership with Cultural Vistas, is pleased to announce it will host TechCamp Young Pacific Leaders for Climate Action in 2022 in Auckland, New Zealand. The U.S. Department of State is investing $315,000 USD in this TechCamp.
TechCamp Young...
Apia, SAMOA — The nominations have closed for candidates to contest by-elections in seven electoral constituencies for the Parliament of Samoa.
The date for the seven by-elections will be November 26, and pre-polling will be held two days earlier on November 24.
TV1Samoa reports that at 4pm on...
Apia, SAMOA — A team of researchers from Samoa, New Zealand and the U.S. has found that the leaves of the Samoan tree, matalafi, are as good at relieving inflammation as ibuprofen. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the group describes how they first...