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CHICAGO (CN) – Residents of Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands have no right to vote absentee in their former state of residence, the Seventh Circuit ruled Thursday, even though residents of the Northern Mariana Islands and some in American Samoa are granted that privilege.
“Absent a...
H-2A & H-2B VISAS NO LONGER AVAILABLE FOR SAMOA CITIZENS
CBS News confirms that people from Haiti, along with Belize and Samoa, will now no longer be able to apply for H-2A and H-2B nonimmigrant status according to new guidance from the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Citizenship and...
![New Zealand heavyweight boxer and WBO world champion Joseph Parker enjoys his life away from the sport's bright lights. [ PHOTOSPORT via Stuff NZ]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/joseph%20Parker.jpg?itok=VzxVNFFb "New Zealand heavyweight boxer and WBO world champion Joseph Parker enjoys his life away from the sport's bright lights. [ PHOTOSPORT via Stuff NZ]")
New Zealand boxing star Joseph Parker has revealed how eating a raw fish in Samoa left him paralysed and fearing for his fighting future.
WBO champion Parker takes on WBA and IBF champion Anthony Joshua in Cardiff on March 31 as the heavyweight division works towards finding one true ruler.
The big...
![Samoan police headquarters in Apia [Photo: RNZI/Sally Round]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/samoa_police_9.jpeg?itok=HBSjy26h "Samoan police headquarters in Apia [Photo: RNZI/Sally Round]")
A man has been charged with the murder of a 15-year-old boy last week at Satapuala village in Samoa.
Police are reported in the Samoa Observer as saying a 39-year-old unnamed man, one of five arrested last week, has also been charged with cultivation of narcotics.
The other four also face charges...
![Epiphany Trust in Auckland during one of their presentations. [photo from Epiphany Trust website]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Epiphany%20Trust%20in%20Auckland%20.jpg?itok=uRDX86wj "Epiphany Trust in Auckland during one of their presentations. [photo from Epiphany Trust website]")
A course held last week to help people reconnect with Samoan culture in Hawke's Bay has been heralded a success.
A week-long Samoan cultural class ended on Saturday with a performance from participants at Peterhead School.
Three teachers from Epiphany Trust in Auckland taught the 50 students about...
![VAIALA PARAMOUNT CHIEF: Patu Ativalu [Samoa Observer]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/VAIALA%20PARAMOUNT%20CHIEF-%20Patu%20Ativalu.jpg?itok=nukbBJ8a "VAIALA PARAMOUNT CHIEF: Patu Ativalu [Samoa Observer]")
A paramount Chief of the village of Vaiala, Patu Ativalu, has deflected criticisms of the way he and another senior matai pushed the appointment of a new Church Minister for the Congregational Christian Church of Samoa in the village.
“Whatever Tofaeono and Patu say, that is the voice of Vaiala,”...
![Afamasaga Rico Tupa'i [Photo: RNZPac / Autagavaia Tipi Autagavai]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Afamasaga_Rico_Tupa%27i.jpg?itok=x8pDTjak "Afamasaga Rico Tupa'i [Photo: RNZPac / Autagavaia Tipi Autagavai]")
Samoa's change from analogue to digital communications has been delayed another three years because no companies are interested in doing the job.
The government initially put the transitition out to tender back in 2016.
The original plan was for the country's television services to use digital last...
HAWAIIAN AIR EMPLOYEE FILES SUIT AFTER FINDING NOOSE
A Hawaiian Airlines employee has filed a racial harassment and discrimination suit against the carrier, saying that his life was threatened by colleagues who placed a noose and a lynching rope near his locker.
Timothy Degrate, who is black,...
BELLEVUE, WA – Long time tuna industry executive Patrick Murphy has joined Tri Marine Group where he will be responsible for the Group’s wholly-owned subsidiary The Tuna Store. As Managing Director of The Tuna Store, Pat will be responsible for the North American retail, club and food service...
![Tupua Tamasese Meaole Hospital [file photo]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Tupua-Tamasese-Meaole-Hospital-at-Motootua.jpg?itok=t6y3HKda "Tupua Tamasese Meaole Hospital [file photo]")
Multiple criminal charges will be filed against the man accused of stabbing his estranged wife in broad daylight at the heart of Apia on Friday.
This was confirmed by Police Superintendent and Media Spokesperson, Auapa’au Filipo Logoitino, who said the Police are continuing their investigation.
“...