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Apia, SAMOA — A Samoan man has been sentenced to a year in prison for stealing 46 marijuana plants from a police station evidence holding room.
Police say Pa'uvi Limu used a hammer to break a window to get into the room before walking out the front door.
An officer saw Pa'uvi walk out and thought...
Apia, SAMOA — Five Samoa patients and three caregivers returning from India after successful medical treatment are undergoing 14 days of self-quarantine in Nadi, Fiji for precautionary measures as mandated by Samoa’s Coronavirus Border Security Travel Advisory.
On their way home, the Samoans had...
Napier, NEW ZEALAND — A teenage Samoan girl promised schooling in New Zealand was instead allegedly made to cook and clean and got beatings, the High Court in Napier has heard.
The woman, who was a 15-year-old at the time of the alleged offending in 1994-95, is one of several complainants who will...
Apia, SAMOA — A youth who appeared in Court this past week charged with escaping from Olomanu centre last December has been blamed for cultivating marijuana inside the jouvenile detention centre.
A detainee escaped from Olomanu juvenile detention centre, went straight to Faleolo Police post and...
KAOHSIUNG, TAIWAN — One of the world’s largest integrated marine industry supply-chain service providers, announced this week that it has acquired Bumble Bee Foods (Bumble Bee), a 120-year old beloved marketer of seafood and specialty protein products sold in the U.S., Canada, and throughout the...
Apia, SAMOA — An escaped prisoner in Samoa has been recaptured after nine months on the run.
The Samoa Observer reports the man, Suitupe Fa'amoe Paufai, 59, was handed over by his family.
Paufai, who had been imprisoned for murder and possession of narcotics, ran away from a prison work gang in May...
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND — Thirty Pacific islanders are being quarantined at a New Zealand military base, following their evacuation from China.
They are among 193 evacuees who arrived in Auckland from the Chinese city at the epicentre of the new coronavirus outbreak, Wuhan, on Wednesday night.
The...
Apia, SAMOA — One of three men facing a charge of plotting to assassinate Samoa's prime minister has withdrawn a bid to change his plea to not guilty.
A hearing for Taualai Leiloa's change of plea was scheduled to be heard today.
But his lawyer has told the court that village pressure on the...
Apia, SAMOA — A father in Samoa has been jailed for 25 years for the rape and indecent assault of his 14-year-old daughter.
The 39-year-old was convicted on charges of rape, incest, indecent assault and unlawful sexual connection.
The police said the defendant's other daughter reported the attack...
Apia, SAMOA — Six people are being held in quarantine in Samoa, and 18 have been refused entry, since the government last week introduced border restrictions to stave off the Wuhan coronavirus.
The health ministry said the latest to be quarantined at the Faleolo Health Clinc were a Samoan woman and...