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Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's badly damaged patrol boat Nafanua II is beyond repair and is being tagged for disposal by the Australian government.
The Guardian class patrol boat, which was gifted by Australia two years ago, was damaged in a grounding last August.
In a joint statement the Australian and...
Apia, SAMOA — Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa has confirmed 25 of Samoa's front-line workers on the wharf have been isolated when four crew members of a cargo vessel had tested positive for Covid-19 upon arriving in American Samoa.
Samoa was the last place they docked, on 1st March.
This was...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The 30-year-old man from Samoa who has two different names in the court system, was ordered by the court to depart the territory and remain outside of its borders upon release from the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF), after being convicted of 2nd-degree assault...
Honolulu, HAWAII — Working with the Government of Samoa, crews from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Juniper (WLB 201) and USCGC Joseph Gerczak (WPC 1126) conducted security patrol operations in Samoa’s exclusive economic zone throughout February 2022, to protect fisheries and other natural resources....
Apia, SAMOA — Vulnerable families in Samoa are being assisted with new housing as part of a partnership between the Samoan government and the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA).
In 2020 the Samoan government allocated 1 million tala from its stimulus package to assist struggling...
Apia, SAMOA — It’s been 3 years now since Pati Chong Nee escaped from the Tafa’igata prison, and the police again failed to capture him during a major search operation in dense forest and difficult terrain close to Lake Lanoto’o, two weeks ago.
Acting Police Commissioner, Afamasaga Samuelu...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa now requires travellers from American Samoa to be quarantined.
Since the pandemic travallers from the territory to Apia have not been subject to quarantine.
In a special travel advisory, Samoa's Ministry of Health revised conditions for intending travellers from the Territory....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 57-year-old man from Samoa accused of planting a marijuana plant behind his house in Leone last year has now been arrested and charged.
The defendant, Falaniko Saili made his initial appearance in District Court last week.
He is charged with one count of unlawful...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — During the sentencing of a man from Samoa convicted of violating local drug laws, the court told him that the only option for the court to deal with foreigners who come into American Samoa and violate territorial drug laws is to send them back to their countries, in...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's opposition leader Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi has been readmitted to the Tupua Tamasese Meaole hospital.
Newsline Samoa reports the former Prime Minister was admitted for observation on Tuesday evening.
He had been up and about and attended church on Sunday and later hosted...