Posted inTop Stories

Horoscope

Aries (Mar.21 – Apr.19)   Happy memories of a beloved grandparent may float to the surface today, Aries, and you may wonder why. Something or someone you’ve encountered in the past few days may have reminded you of this person. It’s nice and it isn’t an accident. What personality trait of yours does your grandparent call […]

Posted inTop Stories

Jokes

A woman runs into a doctor’s office and says “DOCTOR! DOCTOR! You have to help me! Everywhere I touch on my body it hurts!” The doctor replied, “Show me.” [restrict] So the woman poked her ankle and screamed of pain. Then she poked her knee and yelled OW. She poked her forehead and screamed again. […]

Posted inTop Stories

A Pacific legend former Congressman Faleomavaega Eni Hunkin passes away

PAGOPAGO, 23 FEBRUARY 2017 (SAMOA NEWS) —– Former Congressman Faleomavaega Eni Hunkin, American Samoa’s longest serving non-voting Delegate to the U.S House of Representatives, has passed away  at his home in Provo, Utah,  according to a family member, speaking on behalf of Faleomavaega’s widow, Hinanui Hunkin. [restrict] Faleomavaega “passed away peacefully at his home surrounded […]

Posted inTop Stories

Tongan PM says no confidence accusations are old

NUKU’ALOFA, 22 FEBRUARY 2017 (RNZI) —Tonga’s Prime Minister says the accusations levelled at him in a no-confidence motion tabled in parliament this week have already been answered. [restrict] Akilisi Pohiva is accused of nepotism for hiring his son as his assistant and of putting people into high ranking government positions without due process. Pohiva is […]

Posted inTop Stories

Melbourne plane crash that killed five blamed on ‘catastrophic engine failure’

MELBOURNE,21 FEBRUARY 2017 (THE GUARDIAN) —A plane that crashed into a shopping centre near Essendon airport in Melbourne, killing five people, had a “catastrophic engine failure” shortly after takeoff, police have said. The twin-engine aircraft, with five people on board, left the airport about 9am on Tuesday on its way to King Island. [restrict] “The […]

Posted inTop Stories

Trudeau defends move to give U.S. agents more powers in Canada

TTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday defended plans to give more powers to U.S. border agents stationed in Canada, saying travelers would at all times be protected by domestic laws. As part of a 2015 deal between Canada and the United States, Trudeau’s government has introduced draft legislation allowing U.S. border […]

Gift this article