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Discussions are underway in Samoa to launch a new television station in time for the introduction of digital broadcasting in 2019. Minister of Broadcasting, Afamasaga Rico Tupa'i, said a new station would help in development including education. The Samoa government started the first television...
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union officials have proposed removing eight jurisdictions from the blacklist of tax havens the bloc adopted in December, in what critics may see as a blow to its campaign against tax avoidance. EU states decided last month to draw up the list in a bid to discourage...
A blacktip reef shark is among fish that inhabit coral reefs off American Samoa. Bleaching events are threatening reefs, a major source of food for more than a billion people worldwide. [Credit: Zack Gold/UCLA]
As the world's oceans heat up with climate change, coral reefs are increasingly under threat. Bleaching events—defense mechanisms against high temperatures that turn corals white—have become more frequent.   From 2010 to 2016, UCLA researchers studied corals off the coast of American Samoa in...
 Health Minister Tuitama Dr. Talalelei Tuitama (far left) with chiefs from Satupaitea, Palauli le Falefa and Palauli I Sisifo [Photo: supplied]
The ground breaking for a new hospital expected to serve the needs of over 50 thousand people living in the area, has taken place in Samoa this week. Scheduled for completion in February 2019, the government has decided to rebuild Satupaitea District hospital. About 50 years ago the hospital closed...
Christine Tupu and her husband on their wedding day in Samoa. Christine Tupu and her husband on their wedding day in Samoa. [photo: 9News]
A young Queensland mother has pleaded guilty to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from two employers and splashing the cash on a luxurious and extravagant lifestyle including flights to her overseas wedding for her family. Christine Tupu, 26, siphoned more than $341,000 from her employers...
MINISTRY OF JUSTICE, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER: Papali'i Afele J.P. Taimalelagi. [SN file photo]
Samoa's Lands and Titles Court have accepted a request to expedite the hearing of a village council petition to have a family removed. The Samoa Observer reported the Ministry of Justice Papali'i confirming the request was granted to the Satapuala Village Council . The family up for removal is...
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Tonga has declared a dengue outbreak following the death of a New Zealand girl in the country last week. The 12-year-old had been visiting family in Tonga over the Christmas holidays. The chief executive of Tonga's Ministry of Health said there were 19 confirmed cases of dengue in the country, all...
Water rising in Marshall Islands. [Photo: RNZI/Giff Johnson]
The World Health Organisation is launching a programme to address the health effects of climate change in Small Island Developing States, including Fiji. Fiji was represented by Philip Davies, Permanent Secretary for Health & Medical Services, in negotiating the agreement during a meeting of...
Dr Rebecca Levine running a workshop on a new mosquito app [Photo: US Consulate Auckland]
Some Pacific nations have been briefed on innovative tools they could use to try to combat mosquito-borne illnesses. A recent TechCamp conference in Auckland brought together a variety of stakeholders to discuss new technology, from a NASA-developed GLOBE APP that can see minute details of any...
StarKist & Co is expressing gratitude over legislation that could help make it easier for its workers at tuna processing facilities in American Samoa to travel between islands. US senator Orrin Hatch, a Utah Republican who recently announced he will retire at the end of the year, introduced S....

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