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Schools gear to wow visitors

It is now the latter half of June and the Small Islands Developing States (S.I.D.S) is definitely just around the corner.Fitting as it is for a Small Island State to host the S.I.D.S conference in the...

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Talo family comes home

A Siumu family has finally come home to a brand new “Built Back Better” fale after losing theirs to 2012’s Cyclone Evan.Utu Talo and his family last week celebrated the completion of their new $15,000...

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Do you know any of these people?

Five New Zealand children are trying to find their mothers who are living in Samoa.The children, most now adults, were separated from their mothers either through family split ups or because of...

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Australians take out S.I.F.A. Samoa Open

The SIFA Samoa Open came to a close on Saturday with Australians Nabil Abdul and Richard Backwell both winning their respective categories with only one-point leads.Abdul took out the Open competition,...

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Welcome home, Pacific Champs!

The major sponsors for the Manu Samoa team organized a lunch at the Samoa Tradition Resort at Ululoloa to welcome back the team after conquering Fiji last weekend.{googleAds}<script async...

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Inter-party uncertainty as seats threatened

The government has been accused of effectively moving to get rid of two of its own sitting members.The accusation comes from Human Rights Protection Party (H.R.P.P.) member, Papali’itele Niko Lee Hang,...

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Culture brings colour and plenty of excitement

The Samoa Ne’i Galo Festival kicked off with secondary schools performing traditional Samoan dances, drama performances, and speeches  in front of the government building.Samoa Ne’i Galo (Lest we...

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Government capitalises Airport’s $30m debt

“The Airport Authority cannot perform the services delivered by Airways Corporation in Samoa’s Upper Airspace hence the money not being paid to or used in totality by the SAA. Under the approval of the...

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Attorney General says breach must be “wilful”

“For there to be a breach of the Public Finance Management Act for failure to provide annual reports to Parliament on time, such failure must be “willful”. There are times when the delay is caused for...

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S.N.P.F pumps $30m to economy

Christmas has come a little early for the thousands of contributors to the Samoa National Provident Fund (S.N.P.F).This week, the S.N.P.F Board, under section 36 of the S.N.P.F Act, has declared a...

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Deputy Prime Minister appeals

Deputy Prime Minister, Fonotoe Pierre Lauofo, is appealing his conviction in relation to an incident involving the Police on Beach Road, last year.The appeal follows the District Court’s decision,...

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$46m broadband network launched

“Information and Communication Technology (I.C.T.) is recognised as an increasingly powerful tool for improving the delivery of services and enhancing local development opportunities as well as...

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P.M. to launch Science teachers programme

PR - A programme to upgrade science teachers in Samoa will be launched by Prime Minister, Tuilaepa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi, at the University of the South Pacific’s (U.S.P) Alafua campus, today.Called the...

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Public disagree with Court decision

Rugby legend, Muliagatele Brian Lima, escaped a jail term last week for assaulting his former wife, Lemalu Sina Retzlaff, and her partner, Sialofi Fuatogi, outside a local nightclub. The decision was...

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Day II: Schools festival rocks the stage at govt. building

Samoa Nei Galo is the name that captured the pride and spirit of the schools celebrating the three-day cultural festival in front of the Government Building this week.Concluding today, Samoa College...

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Minister rejects call for C.E.O to be sacked

The Minister of the Samoa Land Corporation (S.L.C), Lautafi Fio Purcell, has rejected a call from fellow H.R.P.P member, Papali’i Niko Lee Hang, for the government to terminate the services of Chief...

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Samoa meeting being discussed in New York

“The Conference in Samoa will take place during the same month that the UN General Assembly will devote its annual high-level segment to deliberations on the sustainable development agenda beyond 2015,...

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P.M. rejects report

“The Betting (Totalisator) Agency Board must make it a priority to establish a law that will incorporate both the Gaming Act 1978 and the Totalisator Agency Board Act 1990. The Committee recognises the...

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Leulua’iali’i and Fata matai titles bestowed at Afega

Forty-eight new matai title holders at Afega are ready to serve their family, village and their churches.yesterday where 13 family members were honoured with the chiefly title of Leulua’iali’i and 35...

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Catholic church tackles issues

“For instance, if I throw something at a child and it missed, that’s not violence because it didn’t hurt him, however, they do not know and consider the fear that child is feeling when he was getting...

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