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Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's District Court will conduct a coronial inquest into the deaths of two one-year-old babies, who died after receiving the Measles Mumps and Rubella (MMR) vaccine in July last year at Safotu district hospital.
Yesterday, the Supreme Court sentenced two nurses to five years in...
Apia, SAMOA — The Samoa Supreme Court has granted bail to Ana Tran Thi, the 24 year old Vietnamese female accused of carrying illegal drugs into the country.
Speaking through an interpreter, Justice Leaitaualesa warned Ana Tran Thi that she will immediately be taken back to prison if she fails to...
Kealakekua, HAWAII — A motion for a new trial in the case of three individuals found guilty in the September 2018 beating of a hotel security guard was denied Friday in Circuit Court.
Barry Sooalo, attorney for Wesley Samoa, argued the court should consider granting a new trial for his client and...
Beijing, CHINA — China’s push for the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in the Pacific is receiving growing attention. All eight Pacific island countries (PICs) that recognize Beijing, including Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Niue, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu, have...
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND — A coroner has been unable to determine how New Zealand man Hans Dalton came to drown in a Samoan prison six and a half years ago.
Mr Dalton - a 38-year-old psychiatric patient - had been holidaying with family when Cyclone Evan struck and he lost his medication.
He was put...
Apia, SAMOA — Two senior nurses in Samoa have been sentenced to five years in prison for incorrectly administering the MMR vaccine which resulted in two infants dying.
Lannacalastah Samuelu and Lameko Sui both died on the same day in July last year shortly after receiving the vaccination for...
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND — A New Zealand tattoo artist who took explicit photos of his client's thigh tattoo and then shared them in a group chat using demeaning language has sparked a global movement.
Since the allegations, 120 artists from around the globe have joined Cover Ups Against Abuse —...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's campaign to save its national bird, the manumea, picked up momentum over the weekend when New Zealand's Prime Minister joined in the launch.
Jacinda Ardern joined Samoa's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Natural Resources and Environment, Fiame Naomi Mata'afa, for the...
Apia, SAMOA — The Director of Homeland Security in American Samoa, Samana Semo Veavea said they have tracked down Ana Tran Thi's husband and the couple work on a farm in Leone where they have lived in the territory for a few years.
Ana Tran Thi was stopped at Faleolo International Airport 21 July...
Apia, SAMOA — Police are investigating the deaths of a church pastor and a woman whose bodies were found inside a grey Nissan Cube car at the Faleata sports complex Wednesday morning.
The car was parked opposite the United Nations Headquarters at Tuana’imato.
Talamua sources confirm the man is a...