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General Secretary Reverend Vavatau Taufao
Apia, SAMOA — The E.F.K.S. Church and the Government are on a collision course with General Secretary Reverend Vavatau Taufao declaring they are ready to face the “fury” of the Government.  The General Secretary said the E.F.K.S., with a membership of 56,818 people, made its decision at the end of...
South Auckland youth doing a traiditonal dance
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND — When kids in South Auckland get together, it's usually adversarial. They compete against each other at the annual ASB Polynesian Schools festival, they're often head to head on the rugby fields or other sporting events and historical school rivalries means passionate school...
FIJI TIMES LOGO
Suva, FIJI — Cocaine with an estimated value of about $US15million has been seized by Fiji Police from an island in the Lau group. The Fiji Times reports the Customs Service saying it was alerted by people on the island to the cocaine, which was found in 30 blocks with a combined weight of 40...
graphic saying apply for NZ visas online
Wellington, NEW ZEALAND — From 4 July 2018, visa labels will no longer be issued in passports by Immigration New Zealand (INZ).  All applicants of approved visas will be issued with an electronic visa (eVisa) An eVisa approval letter includes all visa details and conditions.  A copy will be printed...
Apia, SAMOA — The Government will seize church ministers’ personal assets prior to taking them to Court if they continue to defy the new tax law.  The warning comes from the Minister of Revenue, Tialavea Tionisio Hunt, during an interview with Samoa Observer on the taxing of the alofa (offering)...
INTERNATIONAL ARRIVAL GATE AT AIRORT
Wellington, NEW ZEALAND — New Zealand Immigration has today published results of its Samoan quota ballot, following a record number of registrations. Those whose numbers have been picked are now eligible to go through the process of applying for residency. But one of the ongoing challenges for many...
Assistant Chief Executive Officer, Taiopo Faumuina
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa’s population did not increase in the last five years and is less than 200,000. This was revealed in the final phase of the census 2016 brief reports released recently by the Samoa Bureau of Statistics, which had statistics on the country’s education and economic characteristics...
screen shot of firearms being destroyed
Apia, SAMOA — Police in Samoa have been filmed destroying almost 300 confiscated firearms by crushing them with a road roller. The video, taken by Samoa Planet this morning, shows the roller moving slowly over the long line of 285 guns.
 Earlier, Commissioner Fuiavailiili Egon Keil invited media to...
 Samoa's Police Commissioner Fuiavailili Egon Keil
Apia, SAMOA — A gun used as evidence in a Samoan Police case, that was stolen from a lock up more than six years ago has resurfaced. Police Commissioner Fuiavailili Egon Keil has confirmed that the gun was discovered during investigations into a different matter, but he did not say where it...
Bitcoin displayed in front of a price chart on the website of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase earlier this year.
Apia, SAMOA — Cabinet is not asleep at the wheel.  In fact, Prime Minister Tuilaepa Dr. Sa’ilele Malielegaoi has reassured that if “Samoa’s boat sinks,” as the “Captain of the boat,” he will be the first one to know. The Prime Minister made the point in Parliament last week when he was responding...

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