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Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mataafa has criticised the global financial system.
Talamua Online reports she spoke as the Chair of the Alliance of Small Island States, at the current UN meeting on International Financial Reform.
Fiame said Samoa is one of the most vulnerable...
Honolulu, HAWAII — Hawaii's high rate of homelessness and housing costs has been highlighted in the wake of last month's wildfires which devastated the town of Lahaina in Maui, leaving thousands homeless and 115 dead.
It's exerted more pressure on Hawaii's government to address the issue.
"We don't...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa Police are targeting the parents of child street vendors.
Acting Police Commissioner, Papalii Monalisa Tiai-Keti told the Samoa Observer they have started bringing parents in and warning them.
Her comments came on the back of a social media video of street vendors fighting and...
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND — A young Samoan climate activist says the UN's new guidance on children's rights to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment is "the first step to global change".
The UN Committee have affirmed for the first time that climate change is affecting children's rights to life...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata took part this week in a historic CODEL visit to the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), led by House Committee on Natural Resources Chairman Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.), where they met with top-ranking officials in the Micronesian government. The...
Apia, SAMOA — The Supreme Court has deferred the jail term of a pregnant woman until after she gives birth and turns herself in as a prisoner in October to serve time.
Taofegauia’i Polaia of Vavau and Malaemalu was pregnant at the time her 13-month custodial sentence was handed down by Supreme...
Sydney, AUSTRALIA — As a young girl growing up in Tonga, Dr Amelia Latu Afuha'amango Tuipulotu lived only two minutes' walk from the hospital she would eventually lead.
Her relatives from Tonga's outer islands would travel to the capital Nuku'alofa and stay with her family to access specialist...
Apia, SAMOA — The 2023 Digicel Miss Samoa pre-pageant program has officially commenced with Onomea Productions formally welcoming the contestants to introduce themselves to the country.
Monday marked the start of the pre-pageant week for the 10 contestants, who took to the podium to introduce...
Apia, SAMOA — The Samoan government is willing to support a fleet replacement program at Samoa Airways. The Minister of Public Enterprises, Leatinuu Wayne So’oialo, who oversees the carrier, has asked for a plan on how the fleet replacement program might work, according to the Samoa Observer.
The...
Sacramento, CA — A Samoan woman that prosecutors say has a “significant criminal history” has been sentenced to 98 months in federal prison by a California federal court for her role in a refund fraud scheme in which her biological father is a co-defendant, according to court records and documents...