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Apia, SAMOA — The Samoa Ministry of Police has launched an investigation into the disappearance of twin sisters from Vaiusu.
Isapela Naomi Asuasu and Anapela Ropeta Asuasu went missing on Friday 08 June 2018 at around 5pm.
This was confirmed by the Ministry of Police.
They are 14 years of age...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's old courthouse, which is one of the country's most historic buildings, is to be rebuilt and turned into a hotel.
Samoa's Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi said the building, which is on Beach Road in central Apia, is riddled with termites and has been condemned.
The...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- In a repeat of a clash between Patriot Prayer and Antifa one year ago, hundreds of people converged in downtown Portland last weekend and almost immediately began to skirmish, resulting in three arrests and one other federal citation.
Both Jonathan Feit, 36, and Andrew...
Honolulu, HAWAII — They're the island's oldest and wisest. Unfortunately, with age, the elderly also become the most vulnerable to abuse. While the month of May might have marked Senior Citizens Month, awareness efforts continue. Earlier this week, the Pacific Judicial Council hosted a 3-day...
Suva, FIJI — Fiji's chief climate negotiator says its important for the global community to hear from directly Pacific people facing the impact of climate change.
Fiji has the presidency of COP23, the current UN global conference round implementing the Paris Agreement.
Fiji is the first Small...
Washington, D.C. — Law enforcement cooperation between the United States and its affiliated islands in the north Pacific will expand as the US Federal Bureau of Investigation has assigned a special agent to be responsible for liaising with the three freely associated states (FAS).
Law enforcement...
Apia, SAMOA — An inquest into the death of a New Zealand Navy sailor, Kilino Joseph Lemafo'e Tua, 24, who went missing last year while visiting family in Samoa started yesterday.
Tua was last seen at the To Sua trench.
Up until now, no one knows how he disappeared. His body has also not been found...
Apia, SAMOA — The 56th commemoration of Samoa's independence this month broke from tradition by not including gifts of slaughtered animals.
Traditional gifts, or sua, at past celebrations have always included either slaughtered cattle or pigs, along with fine mats.
This year they were replaced by...
Salelologa, SAVAI'I — A youth from Salelologa village in Samoa has been handed to police by his parents. The couple saw their son on a video posted on social media damaging market stalls last week with several other youths.
He is one of the five suspects from Salelologa on the island Savai'i wanted...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed reintroduction of the Coral Reef Conservation Reauthorization Act (H.R. 5996) to boost federal funding and key preservation measures for coral reefs.
Congresswoman Amata is an original cosponsor of this bipartisan legislation, which was...