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Apia, SAMOA — (Jan. 2, 2026) Conservationists are feeling cautiously optimistic after spotting a critically endangered bird in the wild in Samoa.
During a recent field survey, experts with the Samoa Conservation Society recorded numerous sightings of the manumea, also known as the tooth-billed...
Apia, SAMOA — (December 29, 2025) At a Dec. 24th press conference, the Government of Samoa has called on the National Council of Churches to consider and advise on the future of non-Christian beliefs in the country.
Samoa’s Prime Minister Hon Laaulialemalietoa Leuatea Polataivao Fosi Schmidt said...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Starlink has fully withdrawn their satellite services from Papua New Guinea as the government grapples over their licensing.
Last Thursday, the National Information and Communications Technology Authority (NICTA) announced that the network's parent company, SpaceX, had...
Honolulu, HAWAII — (Dec. 25, 2025) A new study revealed that marine areas managed by local villages are more stable and abundant compared to federally designated no-take reserves.
Researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology ToBo Lab studied giant clam...
Apia, SAMOA — (28 December, 2025) Police in the Independent State of Samoa have intensified their campaign against the spread of methamphetamine (meth), launching a series of coordinated raids that resulted in the arrest of 17 suspects — both men and women — between December 16 and 23.
Of the 17...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samoa: The year was barely two weeks old before the first ructions of discontent started in Samoa's Parliament.
A split in the country's FAST Party in January saw then-prime minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa remove FAST Party chairman La'aulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt and...
Samoana High School graduate Dean Briski, a consistent UH Offensive Line star, dominates Cal's Outside Linebacker, Jayden Wayne in the Hawaii Bowl's 2nd Quarter. The University of Hawaii Rainbow Warriors defeated the Cal Bears, 35-31 in an amazing come from behind victory, overcoming a 21 point...
Apia, SAMOA — (December 22, 2025) After more than a year of waiting for compensation following the sinking of the New Zealand Navy vessel HMNZS Manawanui off the southern coast of Upolu, Prime Minister Laaulialemalietoa Leuatea Polataivao Schmidt has confirmed that the New Zealand Government’s 10...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Concerns are being raised that the New Zealand government has shortchanged Samoa since HMNZS Manawanui sank off the south coast of Upolu last year.
Letters released under the Official Information Act show the Samoa government has agreed it will not seek further...
HONOLULU — On the second day on Wednesdday of its 205th meeting, the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council advanced key actions to strengthen monitoring, improve at-sea communications and support U.S. Pacific territories in international tuna negotiations.
Electronic Monitoring:...