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Nuku'alofa, TONGA — One of Tonga's most celebrated royals, the late Princess Mele Siu'ilikutapu, has been laid to rest in Nuku'alofa.
The coffin of the late Princess was lowered in the royal tombs of Mala'ekula near the Royal Palace of Tonga on Saturday morning, June 3rd.
Her flag-draped coffin was...
Apia, SAMOA — A couple of districts have asked the Congregational Christian Church Samoa's Executives for an update on church funds that a former Assistant Treasurer of New Zealand parishes used "illegally" during his term of office.
The districts, which are home to CCCS churches, want to know if...
Apia, SAMOA — The Congregational Christian Church of Samoa is to ask the Samoa Government to refrain from discussing same-sex marriage and transgender issues.
These developments follow discussions in Parliament earlier this month, during which, the Human Rights Protection Party deputy leader Lauofo...
Apia, SAMOA — Negotiations are currently underway to have the Phase One of the street and residential address naming project available online via platforms such as Google Map for ease of navigation.
This was confirmed by the Minister of Works, Transport and Infrastructure Olo Fiti Va'ai who also...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The airport at Fagalii is all set to open for the third time in two decades amid nearby residents expressing mixed emotions at having small aircraft flying overhead again.
Most of the locals who live within the vicinity of the aerodrome had grown accustomed to the...
Apia, SAMOA — While usually it's the kids and Sunday schools who perform on Mother's Day in Samoa, the Congregational Christian Church Samoa (CCCS) Fagalii, the faifeau Petaia Leapai, and the fathers of the church decided that this year it would be the fathers who would take the lead on Sunday with...
Honolulu, HAWAII — Members of Congress are demanding answers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on how it plans to hold the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council accountable for nearly $1 million in “misspent” federal funds.
U.S. Reps. Ed Case, Raul Grijalva,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samoa’s journalist association JAWS is condemning the actions of Minister for Communication and Information Technology Toelupe Poumulinuku Onesemoa over his treatment of a Samoa Observer journalist.
The country's media association released a statement on Tuesday after...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa police are refuting claims by a politician alleging that a mysterious boat from overseas entered Samoan seas and docked at Aleipata on Upolu without proper documentation.
Suspended Lepa M.P. and the leader of the Human Rights Protection Party, Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi in an...
Apia, SAMOA — The wife of a Cabinet Minister lodged a complaint on Friday night with the Samoa police against a journalist from the Samoa Observer newspaper, according to a report in the independent nation’s leading newspaper.
The complaint stems from a story that Samoa Observer reporter Sialai...