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Samoa’s PM calls on country to learn lessons of tsunami

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The Samoan Prime Minister says the country needs to act on lessons learned from last week’s deadly tsunami.

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Plan to relocate seaside villages after day of mourning

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MASS grave sites were yesterday being dug overlooking the Samoan capital of Apia for a national day of mourning and the start of what will become a controversial planning process to relocate the nation's coastline villages.

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Tongan schools to reopen after tsunami

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Schools will reopen today on Tonga’s Niuatoputapu island following last week’s tsunami.

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Tongan schools to reopen after tsunami

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Schools will reopen today on Tonga’s Niuatoputapu island following last week’s tsunami.

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PNG man who trained as priest fathered 3 children with daughter

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A Papua New Guinean man, who had trained to be a priest, has been sentenced to six years in jail for raping his daughter, who bore three children by him.

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Former NZ Pacific MP gets six-years jail for bribery and corruption

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The former New Zealand Associate minister for Pacific Island Affairs and MP, Taito Phillip Field, has been sentenced to six years in prison for bribery, corruption and obstructing the course of justice.

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Close eye kept on Vanuatu volcano that’s spitting ash

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Volcanologists in Vanuatu are closely monitoring the Gaua volcano to consider whether to move its alert to level two.

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Save the Children reveals Aust's indigenous children death shame

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AUSTRALIA'S indigenous children aged under five are dying at a rate comparable to some of the world's poorest countries.

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Samoans Flock to Churches to mourn Tsanami Victims

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Hundreds of villagers from a Samoan disaster zone gathered at church Sunday for belated funeral ceremonies — mourning victims of the South Pacific tsunami that obliterated entire communities and killed at least 176 people on both Samoa and American Samoa.

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