Australia boosts Samoa’s gender equality efforts
Samoa and Australia signed a key agreement “to improve Gender Equality in Samoa” yesterday.{googleAds}<script type="text/javascript"><!--google_ad_client = "ca-pub-2469982834957525";/* Left...
View ArticleGolden voices for wonderful cause
An evening of fun and great company at Home Café on Tuesday night raised close to $14,000 for victims of Cyclone Pam in Vanuatu.{googleAds}<script async...
View ArticleThe story of the child who mistook a camera for a gun
It's been described as the image that broke the internet's heart. When a photographer pointed his camera lens at a young girl in Syria, the child mistook it for a gun and raised her tiny hands above...
View ArticleSitivi Swims a Super Fast Race
Sitivi So’oa’emalelagi is a fish. He was fast and no one could get near him in the opening race of the Local Open water swim season at Mulinu’u on Tuesday night.Advertisement {googleAds}<script...
View Article$20,000, not $40,000 for Touch team
In the Sunday Samoan, a press release issued by the Office of the Press Secretariat on behalf of Cabinet said $40,000 has been approved for the Samoa Touch Rugby Association.{googleAds}<script async...
View ArticleProfessor Maualaivao Dr. Wendt treasures honour from Samoa
The National University of Samoa (N.U.S) yesterday honoured Samoa’s award-winning author, Emeritus Professor Maualaivao Albert Wendt, by conferring him with an honorary degree.The honour was conferred...
View ArticleFour gospels at Le Amosa
Mathew, Mark, Luke and John from the Bible were at Le Amosa on Thursday.{googleAds}<script async...
View ArticleProfessor Maualaivao Dr. Wendt treasures honour from Samoa
The National University of Samoa (N.U.S) yesterday honoured Samoa’s award-winning author, Emeritus Professor Maualaivao Albert Wendt, by conferring him with an honorary degree.The honour was conferred...
View ArticlePlan for new prison on the move – P.M.
The government is moving ahead with a plan to relocate the country’s main prison from Tafa’igata to Leili, Tanumalala. This week, a team of land surveyors will visit Tanumalala to locate the boundaries...
View ArticleChurch dispute in Court
The question of whether the Congregational Christian Church of Samoa (C.C.C.S) can be sued as a body was the center of legal dispute in the Supreme Court on Thursday.The issue surfaced during the...
View ArticleCourt rejects claim
The Supreme Court has rejected claims by a woman prisoner that she was refused her rights when police officers at Tafaigata prison forbid her from using a phone.{googleAds}<script async...
View ArticleMinister of Agriculture leads delegation to Australia
A delegation from Samoa is visiting Australia this week to assess livestock in Australia for shipment to Samoa.The delegation will visit the livestock quarantine area, make the final selection of the...
View ArticleLocal meats challenge
When Tom Olaaiga, of Alaoa, Vailima, returned to Samoa in 2008 to set up his family business, he wanted to be sure that it would work.So the former resident of Australia put four years into researching...
View ArticleFriends, family celebrate honour
The Head of State, His Highness Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Efi, was among the first to congratulate award-winning author, Emeritus Professor Maualaivao Albert Wendt on Thursday.{googleAds}<script async...
View ArticleAthletics star comes home
The United States of America’s loss is Samoa’s gain. Indeed, that was the overwhelming feeling when Prime Minister, Tuilaepa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi and the Minister of Education, Sports and Culture...
View ArticleResurrection Day celebrated
The Faleata West Sub district (Pulega) gave life and meaning to the Christian story of Easter through songs and skits as they gathered to celebrate in a combined service.{googleAds}<script async...
View Article731 Anzac names in cave under W.W.1. battlefields of France
Naours, France: A headlamp cuts through the darkness of a rough-hewn passage 100 feet underground to reveal an inscription: “James Cockburn 8th Durham L.I.”{googleAds}<script async...
View ArticleCreativity fired by nature and offcuts
Mrs Uila Leota of Tuaefu is one creative woman.From material scraps collected from sewing shops, she sews patchwork quilts, cushion covers, door mats, rugs and hand bags.{googleAds}<script async...
View ArticleChild labour laws ineffective
The Chief Executive Officer of the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Labour, Auelua Samuelu Enari has said his Ministry has not received any reports of child labour.This is despite daily evidence of...
View ArticleOutstanding Science teachers awarded at U.S.P.
Two teachers were the focus of yesterday’s ceremony when they were rewarded for outstanding performances in the Science Teachers Accelerated Programme (S.T.A.P) at the University of the South Pacific,...
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