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Apia, SAMOA — A commercial TV station in Samoa says it will no longer screen sermons by Pastor Willie Papu, the leader of the Samoan Independent Seventh Day Adventist Church.
The pastor is alleged to have made statements, during his paid programme, vilifying other Christian denominations in Samoa...
Meet three generations of siapo craftswomen in Palauli, Samoa: 48-year-old Faapito Lesatele, 79-year-old Faamuli Salu and 21-year-old Tamasailau Lemuelu. Tamasailau works alongside her two mentors, her mother and grandmother. The family paints siapo cloth with a sharpened pandanus fruit for a brush...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Health Department on Monday issued a public notice explaining “repatriation” as some people from Samoa appear to want to travel to American Samoa for vacations and other purposes.
“Repatriation means to return someone to his/ her own country, to return to their home...
Apia, SAMOA — Former Samoan rugby league international Maugaloto Palu has been arrested for attempted murder.
The former prop is in police custody facing four charges including one count of attempted murder, and two of grievous bodily harm and one of armed with a dangerous weapon.
Palu appeared...
Apia, SAMOA — Local rugby competitions will get back underway in Samoa this weekend after Covid-19 forced all sporting activities to a standstill in March.
Eight sub unions across Apia and Savaii are expected to start domestic competitions in the under 19 and senior age grades which includes...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Twenty-four hours after ASG implemented its repatriation plan to return back to the territory local residents stranded in Samoa after inter-Samoa borders were closed two months ago, the local Attorney General’s Office issued an advisory yesterday morning that “OK Board”...
Apia, SAMOA — Returning Samoa residents on the repatriation flights between the two Samoas that began Wednesday are not required to go into quarantine once they reach Samoa.
Flights operated by Samoa Airways and the privately owned Talofa Airways are being coordinated by Samoa’s Ministry of Foreign...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — ASG’s new repatriation plan for American Samoa residents stranded in Samoa due to border closure over the COVID-19 threat, will be carried out in phases — based on available quarantine facilities — starting tomorrow, Wednesday, with priority to travelers without medical...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The number of local residents stranded in Samoa needing repatriation back to American Samoa has been reduced down to just over 200, while a meeting was scheduled for yesterday to finalize the ASG repatriation plan, says Iulogologo Joseph Pereira, chairman of the...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa has further relaxed its Covid-19 State of Emergency restrictions for church services and allowed more than one gathering allowed on their sabbath.
Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi announced the easing of restrictions on Wednesday which included the return of street...

![Samoa Independent Seventh Day Adventist Church in Apia. [photo: Francis Faalili /Samoa Observer] Samoa Independent Seventh Day Adventist Church in Apia](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/samoa_7th_day_.jpg?itok=WaUXV4jW)

![This Health Department photo shared on social media shows DoH staff at the Department of Youth and Women’s Affairs facility in Pago Pago conducting daily testing of local residents repatriated back from Samoa last week. [photo: DoH Facebook] DoH staff at the Department of Youth and Women’s Affairs facility in Pago Pago conducting daily testing](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/doh_at_dywa.jpg?itok=5PWVANyZ)
![Former international Maugaloto Palu in 2011 [photo: supplied] Maugaloto Palu](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/eight_col_maugaloto_paluweb.jpg?itok=0KII8ccH)
![Chairman of Moata'a Rugby and former Manu Samoa sevens player, Falepauga Filipo Saena. [photo: supplied] Chairman of Moata'a Rugby and former Manu Samoa sevens player, Falepauga Filipo Saena](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/filipo_saena.jpg?itok=c-00I6Yg)

![A Talofa Airways plane on the tarmac at Pago Pago Int'l Airport [photo: SN file photo] A Talofa Airways plane on the tarmac at Pago Pago Int'l Airport](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/repatriation_flights.jpg?itok=savLbaV7)

![Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga [SN file photo] Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/gov_lolo_speech_35.jpg?itok=84Rnk2Kc)
![Street vendors in Apia. [photo: Tipi Autagavaia/RNZ] Street vendors in Apia around a bus.](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/eight_col_street_vendors_in_apia_will_be_cleared_by_the_police.jpg?itok=PL1uJ_UC)