Regional
Nuku'alofa, TONGA — Tonga's Parliament has elected a new prime minister to replace the late 'Akilisi Pohiva.
Pohiva Tu'i'onetoa, the current Minister of Finance, has won convincingly with 15 votes, to acting Prime Minister Semisi Sika, who got 8 votes.
Mr Tu'i'onetoa, who was a minister in good...
Fort Collins, COLORADO — The Global Biodiversity Center at Colorado State University held its second annual Biodiversity, Bluegrass and Brews event on Sept. 26.
The aim of the event is to create further awareness across the university’s campus and within the Fort Collins community about the Global...
Apia, SAMOA — Church services throughout Samoa on Sunday remembered the victims and the families on the tenth anniversary of of one of the country’s worst natural disasters, the 2009 tsunami.
The magnitude 8.1 submarine earthquake along the Tonga Trench subduction zone generated a tsunami with...
Apia, SAMOA — No charges will be filed against a Samoan woman who allegedly dumped her baby in a trash bin in Malaysia.
Samoa police say the matter is beyond their jurisdiction.
According to the Samoa Observer the 33 year old woman, was on a study tour in Malaysia.
She was escorted back to Samoa...
Wellington, NEW ZEALAND — Mary Moeono-Kolio was up past midnight on Thursday, painting banners and stapling flags to poles. Writing chants and rallying her community.
For two years now, she's been the coordinator of the Wellington branch of a group that call themselves the Pacific Climate Warriors...
Apia, SAMOA — Five men jointly charged with causing grievous bodily harm appeared in the Samoa Supreme Court this week for the alleged beating of a man accused of raping a female relative.
All entered pleas of not guilty.
Newsline Samoa understands that the defendants are related to the victim of...
Apia, SAMOA — The U.S. Embassy today honored 8 Samoan organizations and 15 individuals at a Grantee Ceremony at the U.S. Embassy Residence Vailima. These organizations received funding from the U.S. Embassy Apia’s 2019 Public Diplomacy Grants program as well as other funding support. The...
UNITED NATIONS — A coalition of Pacific island nations wants to raise millions to ensure there is only zero carbon shipping across the Pacific by 2050.
The Guardian reported the Pacific Blue Shipping Partnership, announced on Tuesday at the UN climate action summit by the governments of Fiji, the...
Apia, SAMOA — Police have arrested one person over the burning of family houses and other properties at Taelefaga village at the Fagaloa Bay last Thursday night.
Police confirmed the arrest this week and said that more people are expected to be charged over the incident.
The Incident
The properties...
Apia, SAMOA — The police in Samoa have launched investigations into the unrelated deaths of three children.
The first occurred on Saturday in Lefaga where a one-year-old boy is believed to have drowned behind the family home.
The police said the child was left unsupervised.
The second death was...