Reporting from Apia, Samoa — Even in darkness, on the way from the airport, Samoa didn’t look like anywhere else I’d been in Polynesia — not like Rarotonga or Fiji, not like Tahiti or Easter Island.

APIA, Western Samoa — The green and mountainous islands of the Samoas get only token coverage in round-ups of romantic South Pacific retreats, probably because transportation between North America and ...

The happy-go-lucky Polynesians on the lush tropical islands of Western Samoa give their children imaginative names—Falesiva (Dance Hall), Vaalele (Flying Boat), Okisenep (Oxygen). Last week many proud ...

Lt. Gov. Josh Green announced Tuesday a humanitarian relief effort to send medical supplies and personnel from Hawaii to Apia, Western Samoa, to assist in the measles outbreak. Pictured speaking with ...

Leaders of Pacific nations are gathering in Apia, Western Samoa to attend 2004’s Pacific islands Forum and high on the agenda will be how the region’s nations ought to help resolve Nauru’s impending ...

Harsh and unkind things have been said about the U. S. rulers of Haiti, Nicaragua, the Philippines. Samoan Islanders appreciate Captain Stephen Victor Graham, U. S. Governor of Eastern (“American”) ...