Samoa, Kiribati to lock down as virus hits islands
Kiribati and Samoa entered lockdowns Saturday after overseas arrivals brought Covid to the Pacific island nations that had avoided the ...
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DFA closely monitoring 800 Pinoys after eruption
The Philippine Embassy in Wellington is currently monitoring the situation of close to 800 Filipinos in Tonga, Samoa, and Fiji ...
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Samoa measles death toll hits 70
APIA, Samoa"•A devastating measles outbreak continued to spread in Samoa, data released Monday showed, as the death toll from the ...
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Samoa shuts in fight against measles crisis
WELLINGTON"•Samoa entered a two-day lockdown Thursday to carry out an unprecedented mass vaccination drive aimed at containing a devastating measles ...
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Chinese envoy slams aid critics
Wellington"•China’s ambassador to Samoa labeled the critics of Beijing’s activities in the Pacific “ignorant” and “prejudiced” Tuesday in the latest ...
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Aquino receives new ambassadors
Ambassadors-designate from Cuba, Samoa and Finland presented their credentials to President Benigno Aquino III on Thursday and expressed hope for continuing ...
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Manila Standard website (manilastandard.net), launched in August 2002, extends the newspaper’s reach beyond its traditional readers and makes its brand of Philippine news and opinion available to a much wider and geographically diverse readership here and overseas.