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Leiataualesa Jerry Brunt
Honiara, SOLOMON ISLANDS — The Solomon Islands government has lifted the 'stop notice' that restricted judges of the recent Miss Pacific Islands Pageant (MPIP) from leaving the country. The Minister of Home Affairs instructed the Immigration Division to impose the 'stop notice' on all judges of the...
POLICE STATION
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Fiji's police chief says investigations are underway into allegations against his officers in the tourist town of Nadi — where they allegedly dumped a man's body after he died in custody. The victim, Richard Mock, 35, a hotel worker, was found on a vacant lot in Nadi....
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Apia, SAMOA — The Government of Samoa issued an advisory detailing the activities of the cyber threat group APT40 and the risks they pose to networks in the Blue Pacific region. The advisory is based on investigations conducted by the Samoa National Computer Emergency Response Team (SamCERT) and...
Leiataualesa Jerry Brunt
Honiara, SOLOMON ISLANDS — The governments of Samoa and Solomon Islands have found themselves in an unwanted diplomatic situation after immigration authorities in Honiara issued a stop order against a Samoan citizen, who served as a judge at a beauty pageant, preventing them from returning to Apia...
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Apia, SAMOA — Communities in Safata district, Samoa, whose livelihoods were impacted by maritime closures due to the sinking of the New Zealand navy vessel HMNZ Manawanui last year, have received a WST$50,000 (around $18,000 in U.S. dollars) donation from the Chinese embassy in Apia. Since the...
Senior Fijian minister Pio Tikoduadua
Suva, FIJI —  The governments of Pacific Islands nations appear concerned over a document which suggests at least 561 former citizens of Fiji, Tonga and Samoa are at criminal risk of deportation from the US under returning President Donald Trump's administration. Immigration raids across the nation...
Miss Pacific Islands 2025
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Miss Samoa Litara Ieremia Allan has been crowned the new Miss Pacific Islands for 2025. She also took home the Miss Photogenic and the Best Interview Award. Miss Tonga Racheal Guttenbeil was awarded first runner-up, and Miss American Samoa, Pauliana Felise-Vitale claimed...
Community leaders from the Safata District
Apia, SAMOA — Communities in Samoa whose livelihoods have been impacted by maritime closures due to the sinking of a New Zealand navy vessel HMNZ Manawanui last year are seeking help from China. This week, the Chinese embassy in Apia met with villagers in Safata district to discuss how Beijing can...
Police outside the courthouse in Mulinuu
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Samoa Observer is reporting that police have received a number of tips recently from members of the public about meth sales in Apia and upon investigation it was revealed that a woman was allegedly selling methamphetamine (meth) from her place of business.  Lee...
USAID BANNER
Canberra, AUSTRALIA — After U.S. President Donald Trump froze all USAID funding for 90 days on his first day in office, he is now looking to significantly reduce the size of the multi-billion dollar agency. The Pacific is the world's most aid dependent region, and Terence Wood from the Australian...

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