Ads by Google
Ads by Google
Regional
![Samoa's PM Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi [Photo: RNZI Autagavaia Tipi Autagavaia]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/eight_col_PM_Tuila%27epa_Sa%27ilele_Malielegaoi.JPG?itok=IxsFKET4 "Samoa's PM Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi [Photo: RNZI Autagavaia Tipi Autagavaia]")
Reports from Samoa say the acting prime minister Papali'itele Niko Lee Hang is vowing to look into an apparent conspiracy to displace the prime minister.
Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi has been in hospital in New Zealand and is due back in Samoa on Sunday.
Papali'itele told the Samoa Observer he had...
![Samoa Housing Corporation Chief Executive Mata’utia Rula Levi presenting their donation to the Samoa Cancer Society to assist with the early detection to cure cancer public awareness campaign. [Courtesy photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/PacBriefs.jpg?itok=s9tZuVt4 "Samoa Housing Corporation Chief Executive Mata’utia Rula Levi presenting their donation to the Samoa Cancer Society to assist with the early detection to cure cancer public awareness campaign. [Courtesy photo]")
SAMOA PM DUE HOME FROM NZ HEALTH TREATMENT SUNDAY —
The prime minister of Samoa, Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi, is due to return to Apia on Sunday after receiving medical treatment in New Zealand.
Tuila'epa was flown to New Zealand by air ambulance two weeks ago.
Our correspondent in Samoa,...
![Lefaoali’i Unutoa Auelua Fonoti [courtesy photo via RNZI]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/eight_col_Unutoa_Fonoti_0.jpg?itok=ARP0HT3s "Lefaoali’i Unutoa Auelua Fonoti [courtesy photo via RNZI]")
UPDATE: SOLVING BROADBAND PROBLEMS —
A pro-active approach and a co-operative response to solve a telecommunication problem has resulted in a positive relationship between the two Samoas.
Network interference originating from the telecommunication companies in American Samoa led Samoa’s...
![Reverend Dr. Upolu Lumā Vaai at an earlier book launch in Apia. [courtesy photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/IMG_9020.jpg?itok=CMRTt5B0 "Reverend Dr. Upolu Lumā Vaai at an earlier book launch in Apia. [courtesy photo]")
It is time the Pacific people critically re-examine their history and the rich resources embedded in all island cultures’ core understanding of what it means to be a Pacific Islander.
The message comes from leading Samoan Theologian and Scholar, Reverend Dr. Upolu Lumā Vaai. In Fiji, he recently...
In the indigenous context we both mourn and celebrate death and dying.
Through a felt belief in the spiritual, in how it gives meaning to thoughts and acts of love and compassion – to alofa, aloha, aroha, ‘ofa – and to ideas and practices of nurturing life, indigenous peoples gain insight not only...
WASHINGTON — U.S. Department of the Interior’s Assistant Secretary for Insular Areas Doug Domenech has announced open season for the U.S. Insular Areas to submit applications for technical assistance program (TAP) funding and maintenance assistance program (MAP) funding for fiscal year 2018. These...
![Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland. [Photo: RNZI/Sally Round]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/eight_col_Patricia_Scotland.jpg?itok=WBbNQrWe "Commonwealth Secretary General Patricia Scotland. [Photo: RNZI/Sally Round]")
Senior electoral officials from Commonwealth countries in the Pacific will attend a workshop in Samoa next week to strengthen electoral democracy in the region.
Up for discussion are the various challenges in delivering credible, inclusive and transparent elections.
The Commonwealth Secretariat...
![[Photo: earth.nullschool.net via RNZI]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/eight_col_cyclone.jpg?itok=d9lPG78V "[Photo: earth.nullschool.net via RNZI]")
With tropical cyclone season approaching, the Fiji Met Service has released its annual seasonal outlook for its area of responsibility in the Pacific.
It said near average tropical cyclone activity was expected in the area this season with four to six cyclones likely to occur.
It said up to three...
![President Trump walks with FEMA administrator Brock Long (second from right) and Lt. Gen. Jeff Buchanan (right) as he tours an area affected by Hurricane Maria in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, on Oct. 3. [Evan Vucci / AP]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/557513776.jpg?itok=-Qn0_We4 "President Trump walks with FEMA administrator Brock Long (second from right) and Lt. Gen. Jeff Buchanan (right) as he tours an area affected by Hurricane Maria in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, on Oct. 3. [Evan Vucci / AP]")
President Trump posted a series of early morning tweets on Thursday that put the disaster spotlight back on Puerto Rico.
In one tweet he reminded everyone that Puerto Rico's "electric and all infrastructure was disaster before hurricanes." In the next one he blamed Puerto Rico for its looming...
![The 2017 Breadfruit summit being held in Samoa this week includes scientists, business developers, investors, traditional community leaders, food technology experts, farmers and project developers. Their goal is to set a pathway for ulu to be a major player in the economies of the Pacific Island and a leading component in the islands food security. [Courtesy photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Gluten%20free%20flour.jpg?itok=epjLYpaV "The 2017 Breadfruit summit being held in Samoa this week includes scientists, business developers, investors, traditional community leaders, food technology experts, farmers and project developers. Their goal is to set a pathway for ulu to be a major player in the economies of the Pacific Island and a leading component in the islands food security. [Courtesy photo]")
FIGHT AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE MUST CONTINUE SAYS SAMOA AG
Be warned, Attorney General Lemalu Herman Retzlaff has put his weight behind the national call to eradicate domestic violence from Samoa. “The message from this office is clear, domestic violence of any kind is unacceptable and those who...