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HAWAIIAN AIR EMPLOYEE FILES SUIT AFTER FINDING NOOSE  A Hawaiian Airlines employee has filed a racial harassment and discrimination suit against the carrier, saying that his life was threatened by colleagues who placed a noose and a lynching rope near his locker. Timothy Degrate, who is black,...
BELLEVUE, WA – Long time tuna industry executive Patrick Murphy has joined Tri Marine Group where he will be responsible for the Group’s wholly-owned subsidiary The Tuna Store. As Managing Director of The Tuna Store, Pat will be responsible for the North American retail, club and food service...
Tupua Tamasese Meaole Hospital [file photo]
Multiple criminal charges will be filed against the man accused of stabbing his estranged wife in broad daylight at the heart of Apia on Friday.  This was confirmed by Police Superintendent and Media Spokesperson, Auapa’au Filipo Logoitino, who said the Police are continuing their investigation. “...
Satapuala Village Mayor Vaili Mimita. [Samoa Observer]
The family of the suspects charged in connection to the brutal murder of a 15-year-old boy in Satapuala has been ousted by the Village Council.  And while tensions rise in the village following the killing, one of the suspect’s homes was burnt to the ground yesterday afternoon.  The Police were...
 Guam's representative to the US Congress Madeleine Bordallo [Photo: US House of Representatives]
Hawaii, Guam and the Northern Marianas are pushing for more federal funding to deal with the uncontrolled influx of immigrants under the Compacts of Free Association with the United States. The Guam Daily Post reported more than 76,000 immigrants from Palau, the Marshall Islands and the Federated...
Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama and Chinese President Xi Jinping, July 2015 (Photo: Andy Wong/Getty Images via Lowy Institute)
The Pacific region is making headlines across Australia after Pacific and International Development Minister Concetta Fierravanti-Wells harshly criticised Chinese aid in the region. 'Useless' is how Fierravanti-Wells has described Chinese aid projects, leading countries to take on debt they can't...
Vern Miyagi, Administrator, HEMA, left, and Hawaii Gov. David Ige addressed the media Saturday, Jan. 13, 2018, during a press conference at the Hawaii Emergency Management Center at Diamond Head Saturday following the false alarm issued of a missile launch on Hawaii. A push alert that warned of an incoming ballistic missile to Hawaii and sent residents into a full-blown panic was a mistake, state emergency officials said. (George F. Lee /The Star-Advertiser via AP)
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Get inside, stay inside and stay tuned. Those are the instructions emergency officials want you to follow if Hawaii is the target of a nuclear missile attack.  Officials outlined the guidelines in a public briefing at the state Capitol in 2017, in what was the latest in a...
Australia is deporting a convicted criminal to New Zealand who has never set foot in the country. A decision from Justice Robert Bromwich released by the Federal Court of Australia on Friday dismissed an application from Alex Viane, 40, for a judicial review of his visa cancellation. Viane was born...
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HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - People huddled in their bathtubs. They ran into businesses or rushed into basements. They got into storm drains. For nearly 40 minutes on Saturday, Hawaii's 1.4 million residents thought they were under ballistic missile attack — and they did everything they could to try...
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The Police in Samoa are investigating a suspected homicide after the death of a 15-year-old boy who went missing from his family home in Satapuala village on Tuesday. His body was found this morning in bush near Satapuala primary school. Police spokesperson Auapa'au Logoitino Filipo said the dead...

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