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Apia, SAMOA — Schools of the Congregational Christian Church of Samoa which were to perform in the Pacific Games Opening Ceremony next Sunday have pulled out.
Over 300 students from Maluafou, Leulumoega and Papauta colleges have pulled out of an entertainment contingent featuring over 2000 students...
Apia, SAMOA — Prisoners in Samoa have successfully been transferred from the old Tafa'igata facility to the new prison at Tanumalala.
The $US6.8-million facility was opened by Samoa's prime minister on Friday and inmates were transferred on Saturday.
The Samoa Observer reports that over 400...
Melbourne, AUSTRALIA — A Samoan delegation was part of the “Growing Our Food” trade show held recently at the Melbourne Convention Centre in Australia.
The team is led by the Ministry of Commerce Industry and Labour (M.C.I.L.) Chief Executive Officer Pulotu Lyndon Chu Ling, newly-appointed...
Apia, SAMOA — The government of Samoa is in the process of claiming back unused leased land for re-allocation to others on the waiting list.
Letters have already been served to people leasing government land at Aleisa but not using all the land.
These people applied to lease 50 acres of land but...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries says a recent spate of shark sightings in and around Samoan waters is a positive sign for the fishery.
According to Newsline Samoa acting chief executive of the Fisheries division, Magele Eteuati Ropeti, said the increased sightings were...
Nadi, FIJI — The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is reportedly showing interest in the sudden deaths of Texas couple David and Michelle Paul in Fiji.
The Pauls were on a holiday when they died in the tourist town of Nadi.
Michelle's father Mac Calanog told the Fiji Times an...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoan officials say the expulsion of misbehaving seasonal workers from New Zealand, and the blacklisting of their villages in Samoa, is a one-off.
The Samoan government said this week 10 workers had been sent back for various reasons including theft, adultery and smoking marijuana....
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND — The family of a mentally ill Kiwi man who died in suspicious circumstances in a Samoan prison has requested the coroner overseeing his inquest recuse himself.
They have also raised concerns about a suppression order protecting the identity of a senior clinical psychiatrist...
Kealakekua, HAWAII — The jury returned its verdict Tuesday in the trial against Wesley Samoa, Natisha Tautalatasi and Lama Lauvao, who were each charged with attempted murder in the Sept. 17, 2018, beating of hotel security guard John Kanui.
The nine-woman, three-man jury found Samoa and...
Washington, D.C. — While the Constitution of Samoa “provides for the right to choose, practice, and change one’s religion,” the US State Department says there are continuing reports that in many villages, leaders forbade individuals to belong to churches outside of the village or to exercise their...