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Apia, SAMOA — A Grammy Award winning Soul sensation, Joscelyn Eve Stoker, better known by her stage name Joss Stone is expected to perform live in Samoa on March 7 for the first time.
Ms. Stone is an English singer, songwriter and actress and she rose to fame in late 2003 with her multi-platinum...
Surrey, ENGLAND — Leading players from Tonga, Samoa and Fiji will vote on a decision to boycott the 2019 World Cup in response to World Rugby's controversial proposal to omit the Pacific Island nations from its planned 'World League' competition.
In a move that could throw this year's World Cup...
Apia, SAMOA — Horrific examples of violence inflicted on Tongan women have been shared at a panel discussion in Samoa.
It was part of the United Nations' Spotlight Initiative To Eliminate Violence Against Women and Girls.
The scary words of Ofa Kilevuka Guttenbeil Likiliki, the Director of the...
Suva, FIJI — The Fiji government is considering banning fishing nets, particularly drift nets which are being blamed for threatening numerous marine species.
Fisheries Minister Semi Koroilavesau said the nets inadvertently entangle and kill scores of other marine animals, including endangered...
Apia, SAMOA — The hearing of a $700,000 lawsuit brought by Reverend Opapo Soanai Oeti and his daughter, Toaipupuaga, against the Samoa Observer was held in the Supreme Court yesterday.
Supreme Court Judge, Justice Mata Tuatagaloa, presided. Rev. Opapo and his daughter, who maintained she is...
Apia, SAMOA — Prime Minister Tuilaepa Dr. Sa’ilele Malielegaoi says there is no more room for excuses when it comes to efforts to address domestic violence.
Tuilaepa made the comment during the Samoa launch of the European Union-United Nations Spotlight Initiative on Tuesday. Held at Taumeasina...
Surrey, U.K. — The Pacific Islands are considering a boycott of this year’s Rugby World Cup in Japan in response to World Rugby’s “calamitous” plan to exile Fiji, Samoa and Tonga from the proposed World League.
In a statement issued by the Pacific Rugby Players Welfare, it was confirmed that the...
Washington, D.C. — Building on five years of success in collaboration with emerging leaders in the Pacific, the U.S. Department of State, in partnership with Cultural Vistas, is pleased to announce the 46 leaders from 20 Pacific countries and territories chosen to attend the 2019 Young Pacific...
Apia, SAMOA — Eighteen families who were ordered by the Land and Titles Court in December last year to vacate land at Leauva’a, which they occupied for years, are appealing the decision.
One of the families involved, Tevaga Vailua said an appeal has been filed against the decision of the Land...
Washington D.C. — Doug Domenech, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Insular and International Affairs, today announced $86,450 in funding support for students from the U.S. territories and the freely associated states towards the Junior State of American (JSA) program.
Seventy-five high school...