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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Samoa Observer is reporting the newspaper’s employees are being barred from Samoa government events. The incident which occurred at the residence of the Head of State, Tuimalealiifano Vaaletoa Sualauvi II, in Vailele comes shortly after a recent incident where the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Efforts to maintain longstanding protections for Muliava (Nu’u o Manu, Le Oneone Sa o Tuimanu’a, Rose Atoll) have advanced considerably, with widespread support emerging from across Amerika Samoa for the preservation of one of the territory’s most ecologically and...
Apia, SAMOA (February 08, 2026) — The Coroner, Judge Papalii Rosela Viane Papalii, has issued a formal order prohibiting the publication or broadcast of any information relating to the autopsy results of the late Papalii Sia Figiel, whose body was discovered in her prison cell two weeks ago.
The...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) says their new report shows that global tuna markets are changing.
The FFA said the report finds that global tuna markets are becoming more competitive and volatile.
It said this is due to shifting consumer demand, rising...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Over two days of questioning during his Senate confirmation hearings last year, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. repeated the same answer.
He said the closely scrutinized 2019 trip he took to Samoa, which came before a devastating measles outbreak, had “nothing to do with vaccines.”...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The vessel, which was intercepted with tonnes of cocaine before arriving in Rarotonga under a distress call for engine repairs, departed Avatiu Port on Tuesday (Wednesday NZT).
Responding to questions from Cook Islands News, Cook Islands Customs confirmed that the MV...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As Waitangi Day commemorations continue drawing people from across Aotearoa and around the world to the Bay of Islands, Te Tii Marae has become a gathering point for Indigenous ocean leadership from across the Pacific.
Taiātea: Gathering of the Oceans held its public...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Cook Islands Customs earlier stated that border agencies conducted border security search following the arrival of the vessel at Avatiu Harbor on January 24, and "nothing was found".
The captain and crew were also questioned. The vessel has 11 crew members, consisting of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In Papua New Guinea, food does not simply appear.
Before it reaches the pot, food walks. It waits. It sweats. It rides on the back of a PMV (Public Motor Vehicle), balances in a dinghy, or sits patiently in a bilum while someone decides whether this trip was worth it.
By...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Ka Lāhui Hawai'i, a Kanaka Maoli (native Hawaiian) group are standing in solidarity with Māori in what they describe as a "defense of Te Tiriti o Waitangi".
The 17-member Indigenous Hawaiian delegation were welcomed to Te Tii Marae on Tuesday, marking the beginning of...