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Apia, SAMOA — Four suspects have been arrested and one is facing a charge of murder in connection to a suspected targeted violent armed robbery in Vaitele last weekend that left a Chinese national dead.
The men are in their 20s. Police expect more arrests in the coming days.
“We now have in...
Apia, SAMOA — The mother of a one-year-old has told media in Samoa that her son who was highly suspected of having measles has died.
The boy had been confined for a week at the Tupua Tamasese Meaole Hospital at Motootua isolation unit for patients suspected of having measles.
He died on White...
Taihape, NEW ZEALAND — The true story of one of the Pacific’s great waka builders and sailor has been captured in a stirring and visually gripping documentary.
Loimata: The Sweetest Tears follows the final years of Ema Siope, a Samoan born kiwi who endured a tumultuous past to reconnect with her...
Apia, SAMOA — The principal of a secondary school in Samoa is under police investigation after allegedly using PVC piping to assault an 18-year-old student.
The beating is alleged to have happened after the student posted a photograph of him and another student on social media wearing their school...
Sua, FIJI — A group of mothers in Fiji have formed a group to fight the use of methamphetamine and a drug known as 'flakka'.
President of Fiji's Ministry of Mums (MOM), Ellana Kalounisiga, said police last week declared the synthetic drug, widely known as flakka, a new threat in Fiji.
The group has...
Apia, SAMOA — The Attorney General's Office in Samoa is seeking a closed court hearing next year for the trial of two men accused of plotting to assassinate Prime Minister Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi.
The issue was raised on Friday when one of the three suspects, who has pleaded guilty to two...
Apia, SAMOA — A Chinese expatriate was killed at Vaitele on Saturday night from what emergency health officials confirmed as knife wounds.
Three other Chinese men who were with him also suffered cuts and bruises.
The deceased died on arrival at the TTM Hospital Moto’otua from what was reportedly...
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND — The mother of a psychiatric patient who died in a Samoa prison is turning to the government for help one last time. It's been almost seven years since Hans Dalton's body was found half-submerged in a water drum in a Tafa'igata prison cell.
The 38-year-old was holidaying with...
Apia, SAMOA — Heavy rain that's causing flooding along northern Samoa is forecast to continue well into the weekend.
The rain has caused flooding in some areas, as well as parts of the capital, Apia.
Samoa's meteorological service said the trough was expected to linger for about another two days,...
Apia, SAMOA — The husband accused of murdering his wife has denied the charge and described his wife, as a loving, committed and good hearted person.
Kolani Junior Lam is standing trial for the murder of Sa’u Justina Fiapaipai Sa’u on 20 October 2018. He described his late wife as a person who...