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Apia, SAMOA — A Methodist minister in Samoa has been removed from a Savaii parish while investigations continue into his apparent involvement in the death of a 16 year-old.
The Samoa Observer newspaper reports the suspension was confirmed by the General Secretary of the church, Reverend Dr Eteuati...
Apia, SAMOA — An engineer from LBJ hospital traveled to Samoa this past Friday to repair Samoa’s only C.T. machine. The Samoa Observer reports that the C.T. has been out of order since at least October.
(C. T. or computed tomography is a type of imaging used in hospitals. It uses special x-ray...
Apia, SAMOA — After nearly two months of not hearing church choirs singing hymns due to Covid-19 restrictions, Samoans piled into church buildings Sunday morning in unusually large numbers.
The streets were again whitewashed with flashy Sunday best attire.
Inside one church in Apia, there was...
I don't speak Samoan, I can't spell ‘faavelevas’, and I don’t know the culture; but I do know what an Economy about to collapse looks like. I know people will go hungry, and some already are. I know distress is coming, and desperation has arrived.
Forget the lockdown, this is a tourist based...
Apia, SAMOA — A disparity in the price of chicken between stores was felt by consumers this past weekend with some shops selling at $4.20, while another store set the price at $5.80 per kilogram.
As many in Samoa lost their jobs and sources of income due to the necessary COVID-19 state of emergency...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Two senior Department of Public Safety police officials have rejected claims from Samoa that Iraqi currency and prohibited weapons found in a police raid at Faleatiu village in Samoa last week came from American Samoa.
Responding to these “strong suspicious and...
Apia, SAMOA — The matai council of Ti'avea village on the eastern end of Upolu in Samoa, has consented to a government request to relocate homes and graves to facilitate the construction of a $US5 million airstrip.
The Samoa Observer newspaper reported a senior matai, Tolu Iona Maiava, said the...
Apia, SAMOA — The Samoa Police Service (SPS) has confirmed that 200 grams of cocaine was found hidden in a car part that was sent as a mail package from Mexico, after multiple news agencies in Samoa broke the story overnight.
In a press release SPS says it was notified by the Ministry of Customs...
Alia Tuiolosega, a member of the Colgate University Class of 2023, has earned the fall 2019 Dean's Award for Academic Excellence.
Tuiolosega is a graduate of Pacific Horizons School, and is from Pago Pago, AS (96799).
Students who receive a term grade point average of 3.3 or higher while completing...
Apia, SAMOA — Close to 300 people have been arrested and charged in Samoa for breaches of the Covid-19 State of Emergency Orders which came into effect 21 March.
Police Commissioner Fuiavailili Egon Keil has warned there will be more if people don't heed the orders.
The Samoa Observer newspaper...