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Apia, SAMOA — The publishers of the daily newspaper the Samoa Observer have been found guilty of defamation in the Supreme Court.
n her 25-page finding Justice Mata Keli Tuatagaloa said the defendant is the company who owns the newspaper that published a letter on 29 March 2017 titled, Stop this...
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Interior Assistant Secretary Doug Domenech will be traveling this week to Hawai’i for meetings on Compact of Free Association funding for the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) and the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI). The following week he will travel to Guam and...
Apia, SAMOA — Blood on the walls. Bruises like smashed plums. As long as Sefina* can remember, family violence has been part of her life. She watched her mother routinely attacked by her stepfather. “Sorry,” her mother would whisper afterwards to the children.
Then, Sefina’s elder sister was nearly...
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND — A woman who was banished from her village after murdering her ex-lover and trying to kill his wife is appealing her life sentence.
Silapea Momoisea was sentenced to life imprisonment, with a minimum term of 14-and-a-half years, by Justice Mathew Downs at the High Court in...
Honolulu, HAWAII — Thousands of visitors flocked to the USS Arizona Memorial Sunday, which reopened after 15 months of repairs.
Bob and Patty Drake of Minneapolis, who were on the first boat to the monument, said they waited nearly two hours in line to visit the monument dedicated to the people...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa is proposing to criminalize the leaking of government documents with an up to seven year jail term for those found guilty of the crime.
The Samoa Observer newspaper reports that a draft amendment to the Crimes Act would make it illegal for public servants to disclose "any...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's government is reviewing its policy on the repatriation of bodies back to the country.
The Ministry of the Prime Minister and Cabinet's proposed policy is expected to strengthen measures used by authorities to allow for repatriation of the deceased.
Ministry CEO Agafili Shem...
Apia, SAMOA — The crowning of the next Miss Samoa this week will end the reign of Miss Samoa beauty queen Sonia Piva, but not what she brought to the role and her own unique achievements that will be her legacy.
As Miss Samoa she will be remembered as a young beautiful woman who has carried out her...
Apia, SAMOA — Two men have appeared in the Samoan Supreme Court on a joint charge of conspiring to murder relating to the alleged plot against the Prime Minister, Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi.
The pair, Malele Atofu Paulo also known as King Faipopo and Lema'i Faioso Sione, who is a teacher, did...
Wellington, NEW ZEALAND — Lani Wendt Young is one of New Zealand's most successful writers - and like many popular figures, she's been the victim of serious online abuse.
The Samoan-Maori author has written 11 books, including the bestselling young adult series, Telesā.
Out of any Pasifika author...