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Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's government is proposing a three phase salary increase from next month for all public servants, members of the judiciary and MPs.
The proposal was tabled in Parliament last Friday by the Minister of Finance, Sili Epa Tuioti.
The minister said the increases would be implemented...
Christchurch, NEW ZEALAND — The designer of a model that reinterprets celestial navigation and ocean voyaging says she hopes it can be used in development projects across the Pacific.
Faumuina Felolini Maria Tafuna'i is the first Pacific person to become a fellow of the Edmund Hillary Fellowship, a...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's Ministry of Health is getting ready to register traditional tattoo artists, for safety reasons, and it's getting support from the country's most celebrated master tattooist.
According to Newsline Samoa, respected traditional master tattooist Su'a Suluape Alaiva'a has come out...
Apia, SAMOA — Herman Westerlund and Suapaina Savaiinaea have both entered not guilty pleas to the manslaughter charge, that they are jointly charged with over the death of Jeremiah Malaki Tauili’ili.
Savai’inaea was also granted bail today and released, with his not guilty plea entered in the...
Sigatoka, FIJI — Fiji rugby sevens veteran, Amenoni Nasilasila, has been charged with rape over a weekend incident involving a 24 year old woman.
Nasilasila, who is 26 years old, was remanded in custody after appearing in the Sigatoka Magistrates Court today.
He is said to have handed himself into...
Apia, SAMOA — Church Ministers from the Congregational Christian Church of Samoa that are appearing in the District Court on tax evasion charges were only charged for the January to May, 2018 period.
There are also another set of charges against the same defendants for the period June to November...
Apia, SAMOA — Having returned from the Conference of the Parties (COP24) in Poland this week on the convention framework on climate change, Prime Minister Tuilaepa Dr Sa’ilele Malielegaoi said the road of negotiations had some disappointments.
One of the main objectives of COP24 was to finalise...
Apia, SAMOA — The Ministry of Justice Courts and Administration has lodged a formal complaint with the Police in relation to a video that recorded live a Supreme Court session.
The currently standing policy of the Court is that video recording or taking of photos inside any Courtroom while it is...
Honolulu, Hawaii — Hundreds of fans gathered in Kakaako on Friday for a special “Aquaman” screening with the movie’s star — Hawaii’s own Jason Momoa.
At Ward Theatres, Momoa was greeted by a scores of Polynesian dancers — a welcome that left Momoa in tears.
“It’s unbelievable,” he said. “I’m...
Kona, HAWAII — A fourth person has been charged in connection with a violent beating at the Kona Seaside Hotel back in September.
The Hawaii Tribune Herald reports that Mahealani Kanehailua is accused of hindering prosecution.
She was reportedly in a vehicle with other suspects in the...