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OCEANIA — A program which spreads infected mosquitoes to control dengue and other diseases is showing success in parts of Fiji, Kiribati and Vanuatu.
The World Mosquito Program's Oceania director says there's evidence the wolbachia infection has spread through the insect population and there have...
Apia, SAMOA — Laws for Samoa may soon be drafted in the Samoan language, or Gagana Samoa, according to the Chief Executive Officer of the Law Reform Commission.
Newsline Samoa reported that Teleia'i Dr Lalotoa Mulitalo told a workshop in Apia recently that there is a push from lawmakers to draft...
Apia, SAMOA — The National Council of Churches and the Congregational Christian Church of Samoa (C.C.C.S.) have declined to comment on the latest move by the Government to collect unpaid taxes from Church Ministers’ directly from their personal bank accounts.
General Secretary of the National...
Wellington, NEW ZEALAND — The sea level is rising more in the South Pacific than in other regions, the author of a new book about the impact of climate change on coastlines says.
Neville Peat yesterday launched his book The Invading Sea which examines adaptation to the affects of climate-change in...
Saipan, CNMI — A 93-year-old woman from Saipan has reiterated her well-documented sighting of famous aviatrix Amelia Earhart before World War II.
Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
She and her navigator disappeared in 1937 after embarking on a flight over...
Agana, GUAM — The Catholic priest accused in more than 130 child sex abuse lawsuits on Guam has died in the United States.
97-year-old Louis Brouillard's death was confirmed by the Archdiocese of Agana.
He had admitted to abusing young boys while a priest on Guam between 1948 and 1981.
He said...
Apia, SAMOA — A top Samoa government official has recommended hospitals have a designated area for victims of domestic violence and protocols for health practitioners to follow when attending to such cases.
The Ministry of Women, Community and Social Development Chief Executive Officer, Afamasaga...
Apia, SAMOA — A proposed airstrip at Ti'avea on the east coast of Samoa's Upolu island may never take off following a demand for compensation.
The village has demanded $US2.049 million dollars for the land earmarked for the airstrip.
The Samoa Observer newspaper reported the Minister of Works,...
Honolulu, HI — The Hawaii 2018 Global Breadfruit, Technology & Health Summit being hosted by the University of Hawaii Pacific Business Center Program (PBCP) will be held at the Polynesian Cultural Center in Lai’e, Oahu, Hawai’i, October 15-17.
Inaugurated in 2016, it is the third consecutive...
Wellington, NEW ZEALAND — The South Pacific is forecast to experience seven to eleven cyclones this season, and three or four of those are likely to be severe.
The region's forecasters have released their cyclone outlook, which also says there is a 68 percent chance of an El Niño developing.
It...