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HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Samoan police have charged a prominent playwright with the murder of retired UH professor Caroline Sinavaiana-Gabbard, former Hawaii Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard’s aunt. Police say Samoan playwright Papalii Sia Figiel, 57, was charged with the murder at her home. She was initially arrested on manslaughter charges, but police upgraded the charge after finding “incriminating” evidence, including a small knife and hammer. A motive is still under investigation. Media outlets report the two women were colleagues and friends, and that Gabbard was Figiel’s mentor.

Shock at conference on climate change and creativity Clerics in the South Pacific have fingered the key cause of climate change - homosexuals. The revelation came at a conference at the University of the South Pacific considering the implications of Climate Change and Creativity. Academics were apparently thrown off their consideration of "Arts in the Age of Global Warming" and "Ecology in Poetry / Poetry in Ecology" by reports of Church Ministers who maintained that climate change in Samoa are clearly attributable to to homosexuals. The revelation prompted one attendee USP student, Shaiza Janif, to opine: "We need to educate...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 18 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Under current American Samoan policy, Arab Americans including Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham, OMB Director Mitch Daniels and Senator-Elect John Sununu are banned from entering the island. On Aug. 7, American Samoan Attorney General Fiti Sunia issued an alert denying entrance to all persons of "Middle Eastern descent." Once more, the Attorney General cited the U.S. State Department as the cause of this discriminatory policy. The alert states, "because of reports from the U.S. State Department, until further notice or written approval from the Attorney General, American Samoa will no longer issue entry permits to...