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Apia, SAMOA — The repatriation flight that was to bring in 100 Samoans from the United States this week has been cancelled.
The Chairman of the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC), Agafili Shem Leo has confirmed the flight has been cancelled as the Fiji Airways that was to fly the...
Majuro, MARSHALL ISLANDS — The Marshall Islands has issued a plea for help and a call to action at the US Leaders Summit on Climate Change.
Addressing the virtual meeting on Friday, President David Kabua laid out the existential threat facing his country and the Pacific.
Kabua is the lone Pacific...
Apia, SAMOA — Earlier this week RNZ Pacific carried a viewpoint on the political stalemate in Samoa from law lecturer at Auckland University, Fuimaono Dylan Asafo.
Fuimaono has since had a re-think on that piece and has now submitted a different view.
I now offer a newly revised legal view on the...
Hagåtña, GUAM — Federal officials did not consult Guam and other territories before designating shallow nearshore areas of Pacific islands as critical coral habits, and now senators are asking that the move be halted until they can have input.
In November, the National Marine Fisheries Service...
Apia, SAMOA — The lawyers for the FAST Party in Samoa have been forced to withdraw a Supreme Court challenge after discovering they had the wrong information.
They had wanted the rival HRPP winning candidate in the Fa'asaleleaga 5 constituency, Peseta Vaifou Tevagaena, declared ineligible to sit in...
Majuro, MARSHALL ISLANDS — The Marshall Islands says it will ensure the Pacific voices are heard at today's US Leaders Summit on Climate Change.
The Marshalls is the only Pacific nation invited to US President Joe Biden's summit table.
President David Kabua, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda...
Apia, SAMOA — Sanitary Gates have been installed at the Faleolo International Airport as further protection against COVID 19.As the first and last point of defense, the Samoa Airport Authority (SAA) has developed a Public Health Corridor initiative in its efforts to maintain a high level of...
Honolulu, HAWAII — Dozens of people gathered in Waikiki on Saturday for a rally organized by Refuse Fascism Hawaii.
Demonstrators said they were there to “demand justice” for victims of police brutality, including incidents on the mainland.
They also claimed two recent police shootings were acts of...
Suva, FIJI — A protocol breach at an isolation facility has resulted in Fiji's first Covid-19 case outside of border quarantine since March last year.
In his address to the nation, Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama said the breach related to an interaction between a soldier working in an isolation...
Apia, SAMOA — With election results in Samoa confirmed over the weekend, negotiations are under way between the two main parties and a new independent MP who holds the balance of power.
Both the incumbent HRPP and newcomer FAST with 25 seats each vie to form a government.
The period for electoral...