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Apia, SAMOA — Contrary to renewed calls to allow Samoans residing overseas to vote in General Elections, government under no circumstance is stopping any Samoan eligible to vote to be part of the democratic election process, says Prime Minister Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Sailele Malielegaoi. Opening the...
Apia, SAMOA — The Journalists Association of Samoa has expressed surprise that the government has not included a press gallery in plans for a new parliament.
The JAWS President Rudy Bartley said he is surprised after years of planning and millions of Australian aid dollars spent on the Fono...
Apia, SAMOA — Not all of the 140 passengers who arrived in Samoa on Friday's repatriation flight from New Zealand were quarantined at government sites.
The Samoa Observer newspaper reported at least nine people had been allowed to quarantine at home.
One such person is historian Meleisea Malama...
Apia, SAMOA — In Samoa a stern warning was issued by the National Emergency Operation Centre restricting the public from setting foot at the Faleolo international airport and the quarantine sites for passengers of the first repatriating flight from New Zealand that arrived over the weekend.
The...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa celebrated its 58th Independence Anniversary on Monday 1st June, 2020 (yesterday in Samoa) online with the official opening and closing ceremonies pre-recorded and distributed to media outlets for broadcast and dissemination.
The opening ceremonies, per request from the...
Apia, SAMOA — Two trigger-happy men accused of firing gunshots to frighten fellow villagers in Faleatiu have been denied bail by Supreme Court Justice Leiataualesa Daryl M. Clarke.
Fotu Baby Mo'a Sanele and his co-defendant Iolamo Sanele Mo'a appeared for a custody hearing before Leiataualesa on...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa’s newly announced Chief Justice along with several other passengers described as VIPs who arrived into Faleolo International Airport on Friday afternoon have been moved to and from three separate hotels in the past 24 hours.
According to a staff member of the Ministry of Health...
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND — People around the world are sending prayers to Samoan twins living in New Zeland, after they posted a video on Facebook that has gone viral. Joella and Joanna Lee-Lo are supporting each other after Joanna was diagnosed with leukaemia.
Joella posted the video on her Facebook...
Apia, SAMOA — The repatriation flight originally announced by Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi to be scheduled for the 19th of May, then rescheduled to this Friday 22nd May has once again been postponed by a further seven days to next Friday 29th of May.
Potential passengers have been...
Apia, SAMOA — The pyramid-like Pulemelei Mound in Samoa, identified as the largest ancient structure in Polynesia, is for sale.
The structure is located on a piece of land covering more than 1000 acres, the largest freehold property on Samoa, has now been put on the market either as a single block...