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Apia, SAMOA — Recent raids by Samoa police have found hard drugs including methamphetamine (meth).
A man and his son were arrested and charged following a raid at Falelauniu Tai.
In a statement, police confirmed that a plastic bag containing meth, marijuana leaves, marijuana seeds and electronic...
Santa Ana, CA — The Santa Ana, CA police department is still searching for a large Samoan suspect who assaulted a man the Main Place Mall.
In mid-February at approximately 7:25PM, the victim was inside Main Place Mall when the suspect approached him and assaulted him.
The suspect fled the area and...
Apia, SAMOA — The Samoa Tourism Authority (STA) is showcasing the best of what “Beautiful Samoa” has to offer to the European markets by meeting 63,000 consumers, 73 travel trade partners and 40+ media, along with other South Pacific Islands and private sector partners.
In February, the STA...
Avarua, COOK ISLANDS — Mining deep areas of the ocean to gather rare metals for electric car batteries and other green technologies is attracting cash-strapped Pacific island governments.
While the country's leaders are enthusiastic, there are many who say it's simply extractive colonization all...
Avarua, COOK ISLANDS — Mining deep areas of the ocean to gather rare metals for electric car batteries and other green technologies is attracting cash-strapped Pacific island governments.
Exploration is now under way in the waters around the Cook Islands - or 'Avaiki Nui, as the islands are known...
Apia, SAMOA — Video recordings of social media posts by a woman charged with criminal libel were submitted to the District Court on Monday by an expert police witness.
Perkin Feagiai Headle, also known as Salote Syrah Tautai is accused of making defamatory statements against members of the ruling...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a move that surprised many Pacific watchers, the U.S. has denied a visa to former premier Daniel Suidani of the Solomon Islands most populous province, Malaita. Now there is Congressional bipartisan support to try to ensure a second application sees a better outcome....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Against all odds, Samoa's Consular General to American Samoa, Fata Brian Kaio managed to get to England to attend Oxford University at the height of the pandemic in 2021.
Fata was named one of the top five graduates at the University of Oxford in England in March....
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In honor of Women’s History Month, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman Mike Bost (R-Ill.) and Ranking Member Mark Takano (D-Calif.), reauthorized the bipartisan Women Veteran Task Force (WVTF), with Rep. Uifa’atali Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-American Samoa)...
Apia, SAMOA — Two men who conspired to murder former Samoa prime minister Tuilaepa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi have been found guilty of the charges laid against them.
Samoa's Supreme Court delivered the decision on Friday, in the trial of Malele Paulo and Lema'i Faioso Sione.
The Samoa Observer reports...