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Sinei Aunei, second from right talking to his defense lawyer, after Justice Mata Keli Tuatagaloa sentenced him to more than 7 years in jail. [Photo: Autagavaia Tipi Autagavaia / RNZI]
The Supreme Court in Samoa has sentenced a 42-year-old man to more than seven years in jail for a car accident that killed two people. Sinei Aunei pleaded guilty to manslaughter and negligent driving causing injuries. He was the driver of a delivery truck which collided with a minivan in June this...
The 2017 Hawaiʻi Samoa Youth Symposium slated for tomorrow (Saturday, Sept. 23) will bring together Samoan youth in the state of Hawaiʻi, family members, community members, church communities in Hawaiʻi, educators, community groups, students, artists, and cultural practitioners in order to create...
Former Miss American Samoa 2016 – 2017 Antonina Lilomaiava, Marlene Mulipola, Aoge Moto, President of M.A.S.I. Simeafou Imo, President of S.S.A.B. Fiti Leung Wai, Matesina Willis and Assistant Director of H.R.D. of LBJ Hospital Dr. Akenese Nikolao. (Photo: Marlene Mulipola)
Former Miss American Samoa, Antonina Lilomaiava, joined forces with S.S.A.B. Pago Inc. and Miss American Samoa Inc. (M.A.S.I.) to donate more than $8,000 worth of reading books, toys, educational games, puzzles, book shelves, kid’s desk and chairs to the LBJ Tropical Medical Center last week...
[Photo: 123rf / RNZI]
With the New Zealand election being held this weekend political parties have outlined their Pacific-related policies. The major parties are focusing on education, immigration and the relationships with Pacific governments. National's spokesperson for Pacific People's Alfred Ngaro says he is proud...
Fifty-two-year-old Elizabeth Papu has been convicted of stealing $NZ1.6 million dollars from her church to fund her gambling habit.  [photo: 123RF]
THEFT FROM SAMOA CHURCH IN AUCKLAND FUNDED GAMBLING HABIT An employee of the Samoan Independent Seventh Day Adventist Church in Auckland, who had been convicted of theft, has been jailed for two years and nine months. Fifty-two-year-old Elizabeth Papu had admitted to two charges of 'theft by...
Members of the Commission of Inquiry into family domestic violence in Samoa.  [RNZ Pacific/ Tipi Autagavaia Tipi]
EVIDENCE DISAPPEARS IN POLICE OFFICER TRIAL A gun being used as evidence in the trial of a police officer facing firearm charges in Samoa has disappeared from court. The Observer says the deputy registrar of the court reported the gun missing to police on Monday. The chief executive of the...
 Aucklander Anna Firdousi had to fly home from Samoa to Auckland via Sydney. [Photo/Supplied]
Passengers caught up in Sunday's fuel crisis have described hours-long delays, cancellations and flight switches in their struggle to get to their destinations. Auckland woman Anna Firdousi was among passengers affected over the weekend after a fuel pipeline burst leaving Auckland Airport with only...
Artist Lureen Cascara helps Koa Kaeka Baptista, 9, with his painting while Michelle Florido helps her son Tristan, 3, and Corinne Ebias, 9, with their painting during the Aloha Festival at the Napa Valley Expo on Saturday. [Maria Sestet, Napa Valley Register]
For some, the Napa Valley Aloha Festival is just a fun thing to do over the weekend, but for others, attendance is almost mandatory. “It’s the experience of home,” said Song Pisimata. “To me, it’s like a big family reunion.” Pisimata lives in Concord now, but he grew up in American Samoa....
Thai Union Group, the owner of the Chicken of the Sea US shelf stable seafood brand, confirmed it’s US division is the whistleblower in the probe of price fixing in the tuna sector from the country’s Department of Justice (DOJ). In a Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) notice, Thai Union said it would...
JAILED: Taseni Tarzan Savea. [Samoa Observer]
A man found guilty of raping his girlfriend’s younger sister has been jailed for four years and eight months. The name of the victim and details that could lead to her identification have been suppressed by Justice Tafaoimalo Leilani Tuala-Warren. Fatumanavaupolu Ofisa Tagaloa appeared on behalf of...

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