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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...
Apia, SAMOA — In Samoa, a repeat drug offender has been jailed and will serve two years and eight months in total for several concurrent sentences.
The Samoa Observer reports Junior Filifili Prichard of Vaigaga had also been assessed to have a severe dependence on both methamphetamine and marijuana...
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND — A Samoan law lecturer believes the suspension of Samoan opposition leader and former prime minister is unconstitutional.
Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi has been suspended for two years along with his party secretary, as a result of contempt of parliament charges.
Auckland...
Apia, SAMOA — The Samoan government has started to look at ways of accommodating the increasing number of patients seeking overseas treatment.
The Samoa Observer reports the prime minister saying the Ministry of Health has been tasked with providing a plan to allow more people to get treatment...
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND — More than 100 passengers transiting through Auckland Airport over the weekend were forced to wait in a cold corridor overnight.
The NZ Herald reported that the passengers, who had flown from Samoa and were on the way to Australia, had arrived about 2am on Sunday.
Passengers...