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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...
Apia, SAMOA — An active convergence zone is slow moving from the north of Samoa. Scattered to widespread rain will continue to impact the country into Monday (Samoa time). Isolated thunderstorms are possible with heavy falls and gusty winds at times.
The trough of low pressure is now located to the...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's government is using the COVID-19 pandemic to covertly make changes to the country's Constitution and its judiciary, according to the president of the Samoa Law Society.
Leiataualesa Komisi Kora told RNZ Pacific a suite of bills had been moved through parliament to their third...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's Cabinet has eased some of its state of emergency lockdown restrictions including reopening inter-island travels and public transport.
The Prime Minister, Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, in announcing the changes, said the two meter social distancing rule remains, and other state...
Apia, SAMOA — The Covid-19 stimulus package passed by Samoa's Parliament last week may have come too late for some hotels and their workers.
The government announced a $US23.6 million package to deal with the impacts of the Covid-19 coronavirus, however the Samoa Hotel Association (SHA) indicated...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's Prime Minister says despite the nation still being Covid-19 free, it is highly unlikely the borders will be reopened at this stage, even to those wanting to attend urgent family matters.
The last 12 Covid-19 samples from Samoa sent to New Zealand for testing have all returned...
Ua fiafia tele aua ua sauni mo le vala’au mai e malaga loa I le va’alele ma aga’i atu i Honolulu, Hawaii i le aso Tofi i Samoa. O i latou o sitiseni Ausetalia ma Sitiseni o Amerika, peita’i ua va’aia o i laotu e to’atele lava o tagata Samoa. [ata: foa’i]
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The High Court sentenced a man convicted of violating local drug laws to 5 years probation, after the judge in the case commented that foreigners convicted of drug offenses should be sent back to their countries of origin in order to save local resources.
Reupena Ilalio...