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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Sen. Soliai Tuipine Fuimaono has called for a committee hearing on the controversial importation of eggs from Samoa that has been the subject of news media reports, before the Fono takes its five-week mid-session recess at the close of business today.
Speaking at last...
Apia SAMOA — The Deputy Leader of the Human Rights Protection Party, Lauofo Fonote Pierre, has been declared opposition leader in Parliament.
Lauofo becomes leader following Parliament's approval of proposed amendments, entitling opposition leadership to the largest opposition party.
Approved...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's Ministry of Health has begun an investigation into how a disused district hospital in Maasina village in the Fagaloa area came to be used as an animal farm.
The Samoa Observer reported that Minister of Health Valasi Tafito Selesele addressed the issue in parliament, in...
Apia, SAMOA — The Samoa Observer is reporting that the Ministry of Health is advising it has recorded 14 new positive cases of COVID-19 in its latest weekly surveillance released this past Friday.
According to details of the report published in the Observer, the coronavirus positive test results...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's Ministry of the Prime Minister and Cabinet says Fiame Naomi Mata'afa "is fine" and is expected to return by the end of the month after completing her medical check in New Zealand.
The Samoa Observer reports Chief Executive Officer of the Ministry of Prime Minister and Cabinet...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa is seeking medical treatment in New Zealand.
The Samoa Observer reports the CEO of the Ministry of Prime Minister and Cabinet made the announcement at the start of Samoa’s annual prayer and fasting week.
Agafili Shem Leo was speaking on behalf...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A federal judge in Honolulu has granted U.S prosecutors’ motion to detain a Samoan man without bail, with a new jury trial date set for the summer this year.
Laneserota Fa’avesi Seufale, whom prosecutors say is a citizen of the Independent State of Samoa, pled not guilty...
Apia, SAMOA — The number of names on Samoa's sex offenders register is increasing.
The Samoa Observer reports Deputy Police Commissioner Papalii Monalisa Tiai-Keti saying the names on the list were increasing as more sex offenders were being convicted.
She said there are cases whose names are...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa police have found the body of 55-year-old Tasi Pologa Tuipeā who went missing last Thursday.
Ministry of Police Prisons and Corrections Services said in a post on its Facebook page that he was pronounced dead upon his discovery.
"Samoa Police, Prisons and Corrections Services...
Samoa welcomed 2023 with a 15-minute fireworks show that thrilled hundreds of people who made their way to the seawall next to Apia's Friendship Park to witness the spectacle on Saturday night. See more photos of Samoa's New Year 2023 celebration at the Samoa Observer website. [photo: Rashmi Lameta...