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Apia, SAMOA — The national carrier is now offering international cargo on all its flights between Apia, Auckland and Sydney.
This is the latest addition to Samoa Airways’ range of services in a bid to ensure that its customers enjoy the full benefits of supporting the airline.
“Cargo is an...
Washington, D.C. — A federal grand jury returned an indictment against Christopher Lischewski, the President and Chief Executive Officer of Bumble Bee Foods LLC, for participating in a conspiracy to fix prices for packaged seafood sold in the United States, the Department of Justice announced today...
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Saipan, CNMI — The Northern Marianas Senate has passed a bill decriminalizing the use and possession of marijuana.
Having been passed in the nine-seat senate with six yes votes and three abstentions, the bill now advances to the House of Representatives for approval.
It would allow the use of...
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Honolulu, HAWAII — The Hawaii Department of Transportation has decided to rename and renumber all the gates and all the baggage claim areas at the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport.
The project, to prepare for the expansion of the airport, will require the manufacture of 3,100 signs; the...
![Professor David Tombs ... “churches are going to have to be a part of the solution." [Image: Sri Krishnamurthi/NZIPR]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/dr-david-tombs-web.jpg?itok=3ElzjaFI "Professor David Tombs ... “churches are going to have to be a part of the solution.\" [Image: Sri Krishnamurthi/NZIPR]")
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND — Globally, roughly one in three women experience violence, but in Samoa it is “probably” two out of three women, according to Professor David Tombs, principal investigator of the research project to strengthen the role of the church as an actor in the prevention of gender-...
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SAMOAN POET HIGHLIGHTS MOTHER'S TREATMENT
A Samoan poet has published a heartfelt piece of poetry in motion on social media in response to her mother's residential care home subsidy application being declined in New Zealand.
Titled Dear Loyal New Zealand Citizen, Grace Taylor reads a letter...
PAHOA, Hawaii (AP) — A new volcanic fissure on Hawaii’s Big Island sent gases and lava exploding into the air, prompting officials to issue calls for more evacuations as residents awaited a possible major eruption at Kilauea volcano’s summit.
Hawaii County Civil Defense issued an emergency...
PAHOA, Hawaii (AP) — The Latest on the eruption of Kilauea volcano in Hawaii (all times local):
6:55 a.m.
Officials say a new lava fissure has been reported and are ordering more evacuations on Hawaii’s Big Island.
The Hawaii County Civil Defense issued an alert Sunday morning that steam and lava...
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Wellington, NEW ZEALAND — New Zealand Defence Force aircraft are spending hundreds of expensive hours every year looking for missing fishing boats and ferries in the Pacific.
While there are moves afoot to improve maritime safety in the region, some say it's time for a total rethink on where aid...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's Attorney General is set to appeal a decision by the District Court to discharge without conviction the country's President of the Land and Titles court, Fepulea'i Attila Ropati, on charges of assault and causing grievous bodily harm.
The defendant had pleaded guilty to one...