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Apia, SAMOA — Babies who are abandoned and left to die is an ongoing tragedy the Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi has accepted as longstanding.
But he was careful at suggesting how to stop it, when the issue was put to him during his weekly media session on national radio yesterday.
The...
Apia, SAMOA — The Asian Development Bank is to give Samoa a grant of more than $US62.26 million to enhance the safety, security and sustainability of Apia Port.
An ADB transport specialist, Alexandra Pamela Chiang, said improved climate and disaster resilience at the port along with better border...
Apia, SAMOA — The Samoan woman who dumped her new born baby in a restroom rubbish bin in Kuala Lumpur, has been returned home to face charges. She was accompanied by Samoa’s Consul General in Canberra, Australia.
Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi told Talamua that negotiations between...
APIA, SAMOA —The long awaited Centre of Excellence, more formally known as the Pacific Climate Change Centre (PCCC), was officially opened today in Apia, Samoa during the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)’s 29th Meeting of officials.
The PCCC is a partnership between...
Apia, SAMOA — Police in Samoa are reviewing CCTV footage to try and find how a baby's body came to be dumped in a rubbish bin in Apia.
The body was discovered a week ago at Mulifanua wharf, and a forensic examination of the scene has been carried out.
It comes less than a month after another baby's...
Apia, SAMOA — A new facility dedicated to helping Pacific Island countries prepare for and cope with the impacts of the climate crisis is being officially opened in Samoa.
The Pacific Climate Change Centre is the first of the its kind in the region and aims to deliver capacity development...
Apia, SAMOA — Police in Apia are working to extradite a Samoan man based in Australia in connection with the alleged plot to assassinate Prime Minister, Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi.
Police Commissioner, Fuiavailili Egon Keil, confirmed to the Samoa Observer that the Police had made an...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa police are preparing to evict families who are refusing to vacate government lands at a settlement known as Sogi in Apia.
The Police Commissioner Fuiavaili'ili Egon Keil has cautioned against violence in the process.
"Our plea to the families in this area is to keep the peace...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa is proposing to criminalize the leaking of government documents with an up to seven year jail term for those found guilty of the crime.
The Samoa Observer newspaper reports that a draft amendment to the Crimes Act would make it illegal for public servants to disclose "any...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's government is reviewing its policy on the repatriation of bodies back to the country.
The Ministry of the Prime Minister and Cabinet's proposed policy is expected to strengthen measures used by authorities to allow for repatriation of the deceased.
Ministry CEO Agafili Shem...