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MADISON, Wisc. -- The most popular man around here is a 6-foot-2, 335-pound, backflipping, ukulele-playing, toe-touching former cheerleader who happens to be the starting nose tackle for Wisconsin's football team.
That's an important thing to understand about Olive Sagapolu. He's known for football...
Wellington, NEW ZEALAND — A Samoan grandmother living illegally in New Zealand for 31 years has been granted residency.
South Auckland Sunday School teacher Lesa Matagitau, 53, was last year served a deportation order and was terrified at the thought of going back to Samoa where she has no...
Malua, SAMOA — The Congregational Christian Church of Samoa (C.C.C.S.) is standing its ground in the ongoing dispute with the Government over the law requiring the Head of State and Church Ministers to pay taxes on their alofa.
“The decision from the Fonotele remains the same as in 2017 and that is...
Apia, SAMOA — Reverend Elder Tautiaga Senara is the new Chairman of the Congregational Christian Church of Samoa (C.C.C.S.).
He succeeds Reverend Elder Tunumoso Iosia.
He was elected yesterday, at the end of the two-week General Conference at Malua.
The last activity was the election of leaders...
Port Moresby, PNG —The Federation of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Oceania has called for a sea of political change to avoid destructive climate change in countries of the world.
Held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea in April, the conference was attended by archbishops and bishops from Fiji,...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi says the taxation of church ministers should not have been an issue at the Congregational Christian Church of Samoa's Annual General Conference.
The fonotele is currently in progress at the church headquarters in Malua.
On his weekly...
San Diego, CA — Thai Union Group’s US shelf stable operation has reached an agreement with Walmart resolving antitrust claims brought by the retailer, according to a statement.
Under the terms of the agreement, Tri-Union Seafoods, which trades as Chicken of the Sea International, will pay a cash...
Suva, FIJI — Domestic worker Tuipolotu Talatoka claims her and her colleague, Salaseini Serukeitoga, worked like slaves in Samoa.
Ms Talatoka made the claim in Suva yesterday after her return from the island nation.
“We felt like the Cinderella sisters. A promise of a good job in paradise turned...
Apia, SAMOA — Supreme Court Justice Tafaoimalo Leilani Tuala-Warren has denied the bail application for an 18-year-old murder defendant.
Ietitaia Misialofa of Fogasavai’i is accused in the murder of a man from Vailoa last month. The deceased was found dead on the side of the road with severe...
AMERICAN SAMOA ADVISORY PANEL MEETING
The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council announces the following upcoming public meeting on fisheries management in offshore waters of American Samoa.
Major Agenda Items: American Samoa MCP, American Samoa LVPA, Modification to the US...