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Apia, SAMOA — Police confiscated heroin and cocaine tablets with an estimated street value of more than $400,00 Samoan tala from a passenger who arrived at Faleolo on Sunday, 21 July.
The 24-year-old female passenger who allegedly carried the tablets into the country, has been charged in connection...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa Prime Minister Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi called for further "consultations" on transgender sports policies during the Closing Ceremony of the 2019 Pacific Games at Apia Park.
The Ceremony featured plenty of pageantry including thousands of students and schoolchildren...
Apia, SAMOA — A star of the 1950's Hollywood movie, Return to Paradise, is returning to Samoa next week.
Roberta Haynes, who lit up the silver screen opposite Gary Cooper, died in April and her family is having her ashes interred at a chapel overlooking the beach made famous by the movie.
A...
Sibiu, Romania — Growing up on Savaii in Western Samoa, Staff Sgt. Sapa Taala, 47, dreamed of joining the U.S. Army. He vividly remembers the moment he knew he wanted to enlist.
“Back home in Samoa, I was watching the liberation of Kuwait on a small black and white TV during the first Gulf War. I...
Tuana’i, SAMOA — One sailor on board HMAS Sirius had the unique opportunity to visit her grandfather while in Samoa recently, returning to her home in the small village of Tuana’i for the first time in 12 years.
Able Seaman Boatswains Mate Natasha Mailei is one of the 77 crew members of Sirius who...
Apia, SAMOA — In the last day of the Pacific Games Women’s Basketball Event’s Group Phase, four teams will be battling for positions to determine the cast for the Qualifying Finals.
Guam and Tahiti are sporting identical 1-1 win-loss cards and will face-off at the curtain-raiser at 12:00 pm.
The...
Apia, SAMOA — A 47-year-old father of five in Samoa, David Crichton, has been sentenced to 4 years and 8 months jail for stabbing his wife seven times with a kitchen knife.
The police said the crime happened in front of the couple's children.
They had been separated for two years when the stabbing...
Apia, SAMOA — A deal has been struck to allow news from the Pacific Games to be broadcast in Samoa.
The local journalists' association had complained that restrictions placed on local TV stations had made news coverage unfeasible. (See yesterday’s Pacific Briefs)
Local stations were being charged...
O le aso Lua i Samoa na manumalo ai le tatou 'au a tama'ita'i i le ta'aloga Basketball i le 'au malosi mai Tahiti i le latou fetauiga mata'ina lea na maua ai latou 'ai e 85 i le 67 a Tahiti. Malo le fa'amalosi, ia maua mai se 'ai matagofie o lenei tausaga. [ata:foa'i]
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's probation committee has decided to recall Alatise Vitale, who was convicted of murdering the Minister of Works, Luagalau Levaula Kamu, 20 years ago.
He is to continue serving his life sentence.
The committee decided that Vitale had breached parole conditions after being...