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Hagåtña, GUAM — Twenty one people have now died from Covid-19 in Guam.
The latest death was a 74-year-old woman who had underlying health conditions that were compounded by the coronavirus.
She was admitted to Guam Memorial Hospital on 25 August and died on Thursday morning.
There have been six...
Rarotonga, COOK ISLANDS — A whale researcher in the Cook Islands thinks climate change is affecting the annual humpback migration from Antarctica.
Nan Hauser, who has been observing the migration for 23 years, said she's noticed a significant delay in their arrival in the past two years.
This year...
Apia, SAMOA — A Samoa repatriation flight from New Zealand scheduled for this Friday has been delayed until the 18th of September.
The government said the delay had been caused by "flight availability".
The flight is designated for returning citizens and seasonal workers.
Meanwhile, a repatriation...
Apia, SAMOA — Last week Samoa launched the process to fulfil its obligations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) – an international treaty to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Third National Communications (3NC) and the first Biennial Update Report (BUR)...
Honolulu, HAWAII — What do an American Kremlin sympathizer, a doctor with ties to Hindu nationalists and George Clooney’s neighbor have in common?
They’re all bankrolling U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard’s attempt to pay down her legal debt from an ill-fated lawsuit against Hillary Clinton.
Gabbard, who...
Ngerulmud, PALAU — Palau has urged the United States military to build bases there - in a region where Washington is pushing back against growing Chinese influence.
US Defence Secretary Mark Esper visited the island nation last week and accused Beijing of "ongoing destabilising activities" in the...
St Louis, MISSOURI — Two men and a woman have been indicted in St. Louis, Mo. , for an alleged Romance scam, and some of the victims are from Hawaii.
The feds announced Saturday the group conned hundreds of thousands of dollars from women in the past year. They pretended to be high-ranking...
Apia, SAMOA — Two men charged over the death of a former Auckland man in Samoa have been acquitted.
Jeremiah Malaki Tauili'ili, a graduate of Auckland’s AUT University, died on December 5, 2018 after an incident outside a Samoan nightclub in the early hours of December 1.
Three men were charged in...
Honolulu, HAWAII — Hawaii reported four new COVID-19 fatalities on Thursday, pushing the death toll from the virus in the islands since the pandemic began to 79.
All of the deaths — two men and two women — were on Oahu. Officials said all of those who died were elderly, with the youngest in the...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's next repatriation flight from New Zealand has been scheduled for September 11 with the first flight from Australia scheduled to bring back students from China and Japan as well.
Next Friday's flight from New Zealand follows the cancellation of a previous flight on August 28...