• Supporting families who need medication
    Sunday, November 1, 2020 from Cook Islands News: Latest news, sports, politics, health, environment and opinion in Rarotonga and the outer islands
    New Zealand-based RaroGo has evolved into a one stop shop service of procuring and processing items to be airfreighted back to Rarotonga, says its managing director Maire Browne.
  • 24-year-old diagnosed with breast cancer, seeks help for treatment abroad
    Saturday, May 10, 2025 from Vanuatu Daily Post - news,news/
    A 24-year-old woman from TORBA Province, Henslyn Reveag, has been diagnosed with breast cancer and is appealing for public and community support to help her access further treatment in India.
  • 2025 Legislative Special Funds
    Thursday, May 22, 2025 from Hawaii Reporter
    We continue our wrap-up of the 2025 Legislature by examining a report issued by the Office of the Auditor that should have gotten more attention, if not from the general public, at least from the legislators. Current law (in HRS section...
  • Dam Special Fund
    Thursday, June 19, 2025 from Hawaii Reporter
    Over the years, we at the Foundation have been constantly complaining about special funds.  Special funds are like little bank accounts, opened for a particular purpose, which the administering department can spend, with limited...
  • Small steps key to ultimately resolving Hawaii’s legendary permitting mess
    Wednesday, May 21, 2025 from Hawaii Reporter
    By Keli‘i Akina You probably don’t need me to tell you that the process of trying to get a building permit in Hawaii is a frustrating mess. The situation is so aggravating that a local actors group produced a comical play about...
  • New Girls Dormitory Boosts Education Access
    Monday, April 7, 2025 from Solomon Times Online
    Allardyce Provincial Secondary School in Isabel Province received a new girls’ dormitory and ablution block funded by the Australian and New Zealand governments in partnership with the Ministry of Education and Human Resources...
  • Lise Schmidt pleads not guilty to 19 charges
    Wednesday, July 9, 2025 from Talamua On-line
    By Lagi Keresoma/ Apia, Samoa – 09 July 2025 – The woman who claimed she was instructed to remove evidence linked to the death of Dr. Caroline Gabbard, has entered a not guilty plea to the 19 charges served by police against her....
  • For second year in a row, Legislature earns praise for housing reform
    Tuesday, May 6, 2025 from Hawaii Reporter
    Photo by Mark Coleman By Keli‘i Akina With the 2025 legislative session officially in the books, it’s time to assess the results. I’ll talk about the broader picture in the near future. Today, I just want to affirm that when it comes to...
  • Lise Schmidt yet to enter a plea on 19 charges
    Monday, July 7, 2025 from Talamua On-line
    By Lagi Keresoma/ Apia, Samoa – 07 July 2025:  Thirty-six-year old Lise Marie Schmidt of Lotopa and Safotu has yet to enter a plea to 19 charges lodged by police against her. She has yet to be formally served the charges but she believes...
  • Guadalcanal Schools Supported with Menstrual Hygiene Kits
    Tuesday, April 8, 2025 from Solomon Times Online
    World Vision Solomon Islands (WVSI) officially handed over much-needed menstrual hygiene kits to St. Francis Community High School and Selwyn College, marking a significant step towards ensuring girls can consistently attend their classes.
  • Solomon Islands and Saudi Fund Enters into Landmark Agreement
    Wednesday, April 9, 2025 from Solomon Times Online
    The Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) has signed its first-ever development cooperation agreement in the Pacific region with the Government of Solomon Islands (SIG), marking a historic milestone in bilateral relations between the two...
  • Infrastructure Ministry Urges Public to Protect Road Reserves
    Wednesday, April 9, 2025 from Solomon Times Online
    The Ministry of Infrastructure Development’s (MID) is urging property owners and communities in Honiara and the provinces to stop building on designated road reserves.
  • THE MAN WHO CALCULATED DEATH PODCAST RAKES IN THE AWARDS*–FOR GOOD REASON
    Wednesday, June 11, 2025 from Hawaii Reporter
    Editor’s Note: Full disclosure: I unabashadly dig this podcast. The Man Who Calculated Death dives deep into the tangled World War II family history of Emmy Award-winning journalist Suzanne Rico. I first heard about it from my...
  • Battle on!
    Sunday, November 1, 2020 from Cook Islands News: Latest news, sports, politics, health, environment and opinion in Rarotonga and the outer islands
    Cook Islands Residents have named a strong squad to take on the local Samoan and Fijian teams in the upcoming 2020 Tri-Nations.
  • Viking Security Safe VS-50SX — a great place to stash your valuables
    Sunday, April 27, 2025 from Hawaii Reporter
    In the scheme of things the Viking Security Safe VS-50SX is not the largest gun safe you’ll ever encounter. However, it may well be the handiest. At 19.7x W 13.8” x D 12.2” it approaches almost two cubic feet and it weighs in...
  • What If AI Doesn’t Replace Us… But Reveals Who We Really Are?
    Sunday, June 22, 2025 from Hawaii Reporter
    The Future of Leadership in a World That’s Done with Hustle Guest author: Terra Ann Pracht You’ve probably heard the conversations: AI is coming for our jobs. The knowledge economy is shifting. The world is changing faster than we can...
  • Loka se tamaloa i lona fa’alala o se agaese i tagata o lona aiga
    Tuesday, January 28, 2025 from Samoa News
    [ata: foa'i] By  LALI STAFF Pago Pago - AMERIKA SAMOA E fa faitauga o moliaga ua faasaga i se tamaloa e 46 tausaga lea na molia i se faalavelave na tupu i le po o Novema 2, 2024, ina ua tu’ua’ia i lona faalala o se agaese i tagata o...
  • Rarotonga doctor was unsung hero of NZ’s worst bus crash
    Sunday, November 1, 2020 from Cook Islands News: Latest news, sports, politics, health, environment and opinion in Rarotonga and the outer islands
    Last week, Cook Islands News told the story of Dr James Maoate Rennie, a Ngatangiia -born doctor who served as a medic with the Eighth Army in North Africa. After the story was published, Cook Islands News was contacted by Dr. Rennie’s...
  • O OE O LOU TAMA
    Tuesday, January 28, 2025 from Samoa News
    [ata: foa'i] By  Okalani Etuati Vaega 145 Taeao Manuia. Taeao Totoa, i le mamalu o le tatou aufaitau nusipepa i lenei taeao fou.  Tatou te tau fai sii le Viiga ma le Faamanu i le Silisili Ese, i Lana tausiga alofa ma Lana  tausiga...
  • Woman says ex pressed for baby, didn't know her plan to kill
    Wednesday, September 26, 2018 from KHNL - National - Headline
    A woman convicted of killing a North Dakota woman whose baby was cut from her womb testified Tuesday that her ex-boyfriend had pressured her to "produce a baby" after figuring out she had lied about being pregnant.
  • 15,000 eligible voters still remain unregistered
    Monday, July 7, 2025 from Talamua On-line
    By Lagi Keresoma/ Apia, Samoa – 07 July 2025 – A significant number of 15,000 eligible voters remain unregistered when the registration of voters for the 29 August general elections closed last Friday. The latest update from the...
  • Te Ipukarea Society: Renewed call for moratorium on deep-sea mineral exploitation
    Sunday, November 1, 2020 from Cook Islands News: Latest news, sports, politics, health, environment and opinion in Rarotonga and the outer islands
    OPINION: Cook Islands has moved a step closer to extracting valuable minerals from its ocean floor following the launch of seabed exploration license a week ago. In this week’s column, local environment group Te Ipukarea Society explain...
  • Interstate telehealth easy way to improve Hawaii healthcare access
    Friday, July 4, 2025 from Hawaii Reporter
    By Keli‘i Akina The Fourth of July is just around the corner, and for many of us, it’s an occasion to reflect on the many freedoms that we have — or don’t have, as the case may be. When it comes to healthcare in Hawaii, it is clear there...
  • Kilu'ufi Hospital Receives New Vehicle
    Tuesday, April 8, 2025 from Solomon Times Online
    To improve healthcare service delivery in rural areas, the Ministry of Health and Medical Services has handed over a new Toyota Land Cruiser Double Cabin to Kiluúfi Hospital in Malaita Province.
  • 2025 Legislative Wrap-Up
    Friday, May 9, 2025 from Hawaii Reporter
    Our legislature is done for the year. Bills that survived the last-minute scramble are now on their way to the Governor‘s desk, where he has until the latter part of next month to decide whether he will veto any bills.  And yes,...
  • Backroad to Receive Upgrde to Ease Traffic Congestion
    Wednesday, April 2, 2025 from Solomon Times Online
    The Ministry of Infrastructure Development (MID) has outlined immediate plans for the improvement and expansion of bypass roads to ease traffic congestion as ongoing road works continue along the West Honiara highway of the Land and...
  • Stunning location and sensational sounds
    Sunday, November 1, 2020 from Cook Islands News: Latest news, sports, politics, health, environment and opinion in Rarotonga and the outer islands
    Covid-19 has made it virtually impossible for DJ duo Coco House Bros - Mark Zow and Mr E to tour internationally, so they decided to give back to the people of Rarotonga.
  • Chef marks seven years of success
    Sunday, November 1, 2020 from Cook Islands News: Latest news, sports, politics, health, environment and opinion in Rarotonga and the outer islands
    Since 2013, Waterline executive chef Jaime Wilfredo Ertez has been drawing on his world travels, cooking up eclectic fare from an evolving menu.
  • Pacific Ministers Push to Lock in Clean Energy Transition
    Tuesday, April 8, 2025 from Solomon Times Online
    Driven by Pacific leadership, the International Maritime Organisation is on the brink of making history with binding regulations to phase out fossil fuel use in global shipping.
  • Ausman victory good sign for anyone hit with wrongful permit revocation
    Monday, April 7, 2025 from Hawaii Reporter
    By Keli‘i Akina They say you can’t fight city hall. Well, Shahzaad Ausman just did — and he won! More specifically, Ausman sued Hawai‘i County’s Board of Appeals and its former Department of Public Works director after finding himself in...
  • Strengthening Faith Through Language
    Thursday, April 3, 2025 from Solomon Times Online
    In the remote Reef Islands, the Mikilinäve Äiwoo Translation Ministry is committed to see the Scriptures translated into the Äiwoo Language.
  • How Over-Thinking About Food Can Cause Diabetes 
    Thursday, April 10, 2025 from Hawaii Reporter
    We all know that over-eating leads to insulin resistance, weight gain, and Type-2 Diabetes. But did you realize that over-thinking about food can also cause these problems? Before you consume the rest of this article, try this simple...
  • 70 male inmates pardoned, no female detainees currently in Port Vila Centre
    Saturday, May 10, 2025 from Vanuatu Daily Post - news,news/
    Seventy male inmates have been granted a presidential pardon under the Commutation of Sentence Order No. 86 of 2025, following an official instrument signed and gazetted on May 2, 2025.
  • 85 Election Candidates registered, more expected
    Wednesday, July 9, 2025 from Talamua On-line
    Candidates nominations By Lagi Keresoma/ Apia, Samoa – 09 July 2025: The Office of the Electoral Commissioner (OEC) has registered 85 candidates in the first two days of registrations for the 29 August general election. Of the  85 registered, 9 are women...
  • Hawai‘i’s Gemma Cubero del Barrio Honored by the Emmys
    Friday, June 20, 2025 from Hawaii Reporter
    Hawai’i based documentary filmmaker Gemma Cubero del Barrio will be inducted in the Emmy’s Gold and Silver Circle, a honor society of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) that recognizes television professionals...
  • COVID mRNA Vaccines Cause Persistent Inflammation
    Thursday, April 10, 2025 from Hawaii Reporter
    Remember the “cytokine storm” that devastated people during COVID? Well, researchers just found that the mRNA vaccine for COVID causes long-term cytokine release. Could this explain the symptoms of long-COVID? The March 25, 2025 study,...
  • Category Killer
    Thursday, April 17, 2025 from Hawaii Reporter
    We are now in the home stretch at the Legislature.  This is the time when conference committees meet to iron out differences between versions of legislation passed by the House and by the Senate. Unfortunately, all of the...
  • Library for Kakavem village in Timor-Leste (East Timor) is a Dream for Better Future
    Tuesday, June 10, 2025 from Hawaii Reporter
    by Kris Fernandes In the heart of Kakavem, a small rural community in Timor-Leste, a dream is taking shape—one that has the power to change lives, ignite imaginations, and open doors to a brighter future. This is the story of a community...
  • Marshall Islands establishes its first marine protected area
    Thursday, January 30, 2025 from Samoa News
    By  Caleb Fotheringham RNZ Pacific Journalist Majuro, MARSHALL ISLANDS — The Marshall Islands has created its first marine protected area, with one marine scientist describing it as one of the most spectacular places on earth. The...
  • LTA Parking Ticket at Fagalii Airport Questioned
    Tuesday, July 8, 2025 from Talamua On-line
    LTA Fagalii parking ticket Apia, Samoa – 08 July 2025 – A motorist who paid a $10 tala parking ticket at the Fagalii Airport this morning has questioned the validity of the ticket due to the inconsistency of the information on it. The motorist who dropped...
  • Taxing Capital Gains
    Thursday, April 3, 2025 from Hawaii Reporter
    In our Legislature, crunch time has arrived.  Bills need to get out of their final committees and prepare for conference negotiations.  If they can’t clear their final committees, they are dead for this session, possibly to be...
  • The Unseen Stopper Committees
    Thursday, June 5, 2025 from Hawaii Reporter
    Although we’re done with this year’s legislative session, there are still a few issues swirling that may shape our future legislature’s consideration of bills. One of these is the fate of an informal practice in both the House and the...
  • Samoa secure first win of 2025 OFC Women’s Nations Cup
    Tuesday, July 8, 2025 from Talamua On-line
    Samoa Soccer Team Source: OFC A comfortable 3-0 win over Cook Islands yesterday, sees Samoa keep progressing to the knockout stages of the OFC Women’s Nations Cup . Both coaches made a number of changes to their starting XIs after the opening game....
  • E-Waste campaign in Port Vila
    Saturday, May 10, 2025 from Vanuatu Daily Post - news,news/
    Groups comprising the Department of Environment, National Youth Council, Port Vila City Council, and the Telecommunications, Radiocommunications and Broadcasting Regulator (TRBR) are currently moving through Port Vila suburbs such as...
  • Patipatia e le Faipule a Swains ia le pasiaina o le HR 6062 ma lana faamaninoga i le mafuaaga na ia tete’e ai
    Thursday, January 30, 2025 from Samoa News
    [ata: foa'i] By  LALI STAFF Pago Pago - AMERIKA SAMOA O le aso Tofi, Ianuari 16, 2025 na amata aloaia ai e le Failautusi o le Initeria ia le suiga e pei ona pasia e tagata palota o Amerika Samoa, i le 2022 (Constitutional...
  • Say no to ‘blankety blank’ bills; focus on policies to strengthen economy
    Tuesday, April 22, 2025 from Hawaii Reporter
    By Keli‘i Akina I think we can all agree that we are living in a period of financial stress. Local businesses are still recovering from the unprecedented COVID-19 lockdowns; Lahaina is still years away from fully rebuilding after the...
  • Immigration NZ confirms staff bribed to help Samoan nationals obtain visas
    Tuesday, July 8, 2025 from Talamua On-line
    Apia, Samoa – 08 July 2025 – Immigration NZ (INZ) confirmed today that immigration workers in Samoa helped an individual obtain visas fraudulently between 2014 and 2021. A RNZ report said the revelation follows this...
  • Andrea Constand's impact statement: Bill Cosby 'robbed me'
    Wednesday, September 26, 2018 from KHNL - National - Headline
    Andrea Constand's victim impact statement: Bill Cosby 'took my beautiful, healthy young spirit and crushed it'.
  • Niue and Solomon Islands Review Labor Mobility Pilot
    Thursday, April 3, 2025 from Solomon Times Online
    A team of Senior Officials from the Niue Government visited Solomon Islands this week as part of a mid-term review of the Intra-Pacific Labour Mobility Pilot Scheme between the two countries.
  • Trump White House rescinds order freezing federal grants after widespread confusion
    Thursday, January 30, 2025 from Samoa News
    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s budget office on Wednesday rescinded an order freezing spending on federal grants, less than two days after it sparked widespread confusion and legal challenges across the country, according to...
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