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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...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa police are puzzled as to how a Samoan woman in her 20s managed to pass through immigration and airport security get on a Fiji Airways aircraft, hide in the lavatory, and make her way to Fiji.
This happened on Christmas weekend.
The woman was caught sleeping in the lavatory by...
Apia, SAMOA — In the weeks leading up to the Christmas holiday, four murders were recorded in neighboring Samoa, with one on Christmas day.
The Christmas day incident occurred in Faleula in the early morning hours when a man died in Faleula after he was assaulted
Police Commissioner Auapa’au...
Apia, SAMOA — A Supreme Court Senior Justice in Samoa has decried the continued increase in sexual offences targeting young children, despite efforts to increase court-imposed penalties for offenders.
Senior Justice Vui Clarence Nelson was commenting as he sentenced a 20-year-old man to 12 years in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A former local educator has been appointed to a position with the Ministry of Education in Samoa.
Aeau Christopher Hazelman, an educator for 29 years, will lead the Ministry of Education, Sports and Culture as its CEO for the next three years.
The appointment was...
Apia, SAMOA — A warning has been issued that cyber crime is on the rise in Samoa after the police thwarted an attempt by hackers to take money from a government authority and a local company.
The Samoa Observer reports the Land Transport Authority and a local construction company were victims to...