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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Samoa Observer is reporting the newspaper’s employees are being barred from Samoa government events. The incident which occurred at the residence of the Head of State, Tuimalealiifano Vaaletoa Sualauvi II, in Vailele comes shortly after a recent incident where the...
Apia, SAMOA — In two more press releases issued on Thursday (Samoa time) through the Samoa Attorney General’s office, the Samoa government reiterates its support for media freedom and notes that the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) made comments in support of the Observer — saying “It...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Last week, Independent State of Samoa newspaper the Samoa Observer announced the winners in its 2019 Tusitala Short Story Competition. The competition, in place since 2015, offers awards for unpublished fiction from writers living in the Pacific region countries of...
Apia, SAMOA — Prime Minister Tuilaepa Dr Sa’ilele Malielegaoi has attacked the Samoa Observer, accusing the nation’s only daily newspaper of being “nosy,” spreading “lies” and employing “kids” whose writing, he says, are misleading the public.
Tuilaepa issued his attack in response to the Samoa...
Apia, SAMOA — The publishers of the daily newspaper the Samoa Observer have been found guilty of defamation in the Supreme Court.
n her 25-page finding Justice Mata Keli Tuatagaloa said the defendant is the company who owns the newspaper that published a letter on 29 March 2017 titled, Stop this...
![Prime Minister, Tuilaepa Dr. Sa’ilele Maliegaoi [SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/samoaPM_37.jpg?itok=nvlMiYvZ "Prime Minister, Tuilaepa Dr. Sa’ilele Maliegaoi [SN file photo]")
Apia, SAMOA — Prime Minister Tuilaepa Dr. Sa’ilele Malielegaoi appears to have shut the door on the Samoa Observer from asking him questions directly during his weekly media programmes.
He certainly did last Thursday during a scheduled media programme allocated for the Samoa Observer and Radio 2AP...