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Apia, SAMOA — Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Samoa are preparing for their 191st general conference, a two-day semi-annual meeting that opens this weekend in Utah in the U.S.
The two-day event is scheduled for broadcast across Samoa next weekend.
There are six...
Honolulu, HAWAII — Pacific nations have been joined by their vulnerable Asian counterparts in a call to decarbonize the shipping industry by 2050.
Eleven climate-vulnerable Asian nations endorsed the Climate Vulnerable Forum’s call to the International Maritime Organization, which includes a $100...
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND — More Pasifika teenagers in Aotearoa New Zealand are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 than teenagers in other ethnic groups.
The latest figures from the Ministry of Health show 15 percent of Pasifika 12-to-19 year olds are fully vaccinated, compared with eight percent of...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's prime minister has put climate change and ocean protection to the fore in a speech to the United Nations.
Fiame Naomi Mata'afa told the 76th UN General Assembly in New York that there was no greater challenge facing the global community than climate change - including its...
HONOLULU — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Oliver Berry crew conducted patrol operations in Samoa’s exclusive economic zone in September 2021, deepening the close partnership with Samoa and promoting resource security within the area.
The Oliver Berry’s crew helped to fill the policing gap for illegal...
Apia, SAMOA — A total of 19,567 Covid shots were administered during Samoa's two day mass vaccination campaign but its below what officials hoped to achieve.
The Director General of Health Leausa Dr Take Naseri said preliminary figures indicate that 12,228 received their first dose and 7,339 are...
Apia, SAMOA — Today is the second and final day of lockdown in Samoa with health authorities going door to door to administer COVID-19 vaccines.
Around 7,000 doses of AstraZeneca were administered on Thursday as part of the two-day roll out.
Despite the strict lockdown, from 8am to 6pm, it is not...
Apia, SAMOA — The entire nation will be under a two-day lockdown on the 23 – 24 September so public health officials can go door to door to administer Covid-19 vaccines.
The Minister of Health, Valasi Toogamaga Tafito Selesele said this is a joint initiative of the National Emergency Operations...
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND — Australia's new security pact with the US and the UK has touched a nerve at the core of Pacific regionalism.
The AUKUS alliance, announced by leaders of the three countries this week, finds them seeking strategic advantage in the Indo-Pacific region with a focus on...
Canberra, AUSTRALIA — It has been announced the US, Australia and the UK are forming a new security partnership to be known as AUKUS.
This alliance, announced by the leaders of the three countries, throws an entirely different light on the recent 70th anniversary of the ANZUS Treaty and indeed key...