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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Vanuatu Civil Aviation Authority says it is working to ensure domestic flights grounded since May can resume this month.
Acting director Wilfred Makaba told local media they were conscious the crisis at the national airline is affecting the people of Vanuatu.
He said...
Wellington, NEW ZEALAND — New Zealand's Deputy Prime Minister, Winston Peters, says mining is critical to transition away from fossil fuels, but the call for a moratorium in international waters by the previous government still stands.
Peters, who is also the foreign affairs minister, made the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Pacific civil society is raising concerns over Tonga's involvement with Tonga Offshore Mining Limited (TOML).
The company, a subsidiary of the Metals Company, is interested in deep sea mining in Tongan waters.
An informational document has been issued by the Civil...
Amherst, MA — The promised artificial intelligence revolution requires data. Lots and lots of data. OpenAI and Google have begun using YouTube videos to train their text-based AI models. But what does the YouTube archive actually include?
Our team of digital media researchers at the University of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samoan Church Ministers from the EFKS denominations are stepping up as key players in public health.
Reverend figures like Rev Elder Victor Pouesi from Ekalesia Faapotopotoga Kerisiano Samoa (EFKS) Magele I Sasa'e I Puaseisei, have long been vocal advocates for their...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Working alongside Royal Australian Navy forces on the east coast of Australia, disposing of Second World War bombs in Vanuatu, marching in a street parade in Tonga and surveying areas of the sea floor in Ha’apai has kept the Royal New Zealand Navy Littoral Warfare Force...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The window for oral submissions has closed on the Samoa Citizenship Bill's first reading in Wellington.
It is now a step closer to becoming actualised following the end of public consultations on Green MP Teanau Tuiono's Members bill Restoring Citizenship Removed by...
Apia, SAMOA — The Samoa Ministry of Health (M.O.H.) has yet again emphasised the practice of preventative measures following 10 new lab-confirmed dengue cases, according to reports from the Samoa Observer.
The declaration of the new confirmed cases was published in its most recent surveillance...
Suva, FIJI – Pacific Island nations, recognizing the vital role of fishing in their livelihoods and economies, are taking decisive action to combat labor abuses and create a safer, fairer fishing industry.
This commitment was reinforced during a recent workshop in Fiji, led by the Pacific Islands...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samoa's Supreme Court has issued a warning for those who abuse custom and tradition, especially the ifoga, to get reduced jail time.
It follows the recent sentencing of a man for manslaughter.
The Samoa Observer reported Judge Justice Vui Clarence Nelson told the man the...