Story Archive
2024-04-13
Voters in the Pacific island country are concerned by crumbling roads and lack of economic opportunity.
2024-04-05
Coast Guard officers will be able to board and inspect vessels without a Samoan law enforcement officer present.
2024-04-04
The police commissioner has ordered illegal miners to leave Porgera Valley within 48 hours or face eviction.
2024-04-04
The Pacific island country’s Cabinet had initially said the monarch’s demands were unconstitutional.
2024-04-03
Backlogs at American shipbuilding yards threaten a pillar of the AUKUS defense pact.
2024-03-28
A conviction would bar former Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama from election to Parliament for nearly a decade.
2024-03-26
The deployment of the medium-endurance cutter to the Pacific will help police the region’s vast fisheries.
2024-03-24
The Pacific island country is still recovering from widespread flooding and deadly landslides.
2024-03-21
King tides have also inundated tens of coastal villages and swamped crops in Gulf province.
2024-03-20
Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka put the cooperation agreement under review last year.
2024-03-17
The proposal adds to other significant expansion of U.S. military infrastructure in the Pacific.
2024-03-14
A criminal conviction could disqualify Frank Bainimarama from running for public office for several years.
2024-03-11
U.S. President Joe Biden signed a government funding bill that includes $7.1 billion for three Pacific island allies.
2024-03-04
Legislative approval of the funding has become a test of U.S. commitment to the Pacific.