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Apia, SAMOA — Kolani Junior Lam has been found guilty of the murder of his wife Sa'u Justina Sa'u - the late chief executive of the Unit Trust of Samoa.
He has been sentenced to a life prison term.
Supreme Court judge, Justice Mata Keli Tuatagaloa, has also found the defendant guilty of one count...
Apia, SAMOA — Another child under the age of five has died in Samoa's measles epidemic, bringing the toll to 77 on Thursday (Samoa time).
The age group makes up almost all of the dead - 121 people remain in hospital, including 17 critically ill children. There were another 53 measles cases recorded...
Cape Canaveral, — Kacific1 was launched successfully into space this week aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 7.10pm eastern time (UTC-4) on 16 December 2019 from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, USA. It was placed into its target geostationary transfer orbit 33 minutes following...
Apia, SAMOA — There have now been 76 measles-related deaths since Samoa's outbreak began, the government says.
There are 126 people with measles in hospital, including 17 children in intensive care.
Forty new measles cases have been reported in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of...
Moroni, UTAH — Scores of American Samoan migrant workers who originally came to the mainland for job opportunities at the turkey processing plant went on a labor strike last week.
Dozens of migrant workers gathered outside the Pitman Family Farms-owned Norbest turkey processing plant in Moroni on...
Apia, SAMOA — Two more children have died in Samoa's measles epidemic, bringing the toll to 75.
Both fatalities were under five years old - that age group makes up almost all of the dead.
According to the latest update, 5331 measles cases have been reported in total with 64 cases in the past 24...
Apia, SAMOA — New Zealand's climate and ocean science agency (NIWA) has started deploying a new tsunami warning system around the Pacific.
Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters revealed while in Apia, Samoa, on Friday that NIWA's ship Tangaroa is on a mission to position the first four of 15 hi-tech...
Apia, SAMOA — Another baby has died from measles in Samoa, taking the death toll from the outbreak to 73 people.
Ferolini Mala, a one-year-old baby girl, died on Sunday at the Tupua Tamasese Meaole hospital in Apia, the 73rd victim of the epidemic in Samoa.
To date, 5267 measles cases have been...
Woods Cross, UTAH — John Fitisemanu woke up early Friday morning, got dressed and finally completed one of the tasks on a more than 20-year-old to-do list: He registered to vote.
For less than a day, Fitisemanu, who was born in American Samoa, was legally considered a full-fledged American citizen...
Apia, SAMOA — The Samoa Observer is reporting that there have been no fatalities in the last 24 hours ending Sunday night (Samoa time) as new measles cases continue to drop in Samoa, according to the latest Government update.
It is the third consecutive day without fatalities and all new measles...