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Samoan students brace for cyclone
Samoan students were doing their best yesterday to carry on with studies in Fiji as the country’s authorities warned of flooding in some areas, under threat of two tropical depressions developing into...
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Light bulb moments for mediators
How many mediators does it take to change a light bulb?Mediation law drafter and trainer, Professor Nadja Alexander, used the format of an old joke to explain in a humorous way the complications of...
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Police confirms investigation over M.P.'s conduct
The Police have confirmed that they are investigating a complaint against an M.P. over his continued use of a genealogy that court officials claim is in contempt of Court orders.{googleAds}<script...
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Parker’s alleged attackers in court
The three people accused of attacking champion boxer, Joseph Parker, appeared in the District Court yesterday.Jackie Chan Tung-Meredith, her husband, Mark Meredith, and his brother, Robert Meredith,...
View ArticleSamoa tackles waste ahead of S.I.D.S.
The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (S.P.R.E.P) is assisting Samoa to host a successful Small Island Developing States (S.I.D.S) Conference.It is doing this by helping with...
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Pregnant by choice, not by chance
The government must ensure in Samoa that people have unfettered access to contraceptives as this is one of their intrinsic rights.That’s the opinion of the Representative and Director of the United...
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MINISTER TUISUGA OFF TO LONDON The Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Tuisugaletaua Sofara Aveau, and the Chief Executive for the Ministry, Tuaimalo Asamu Ah Sam, are on their way...
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Lucky card for Lucky customers
Lucky Food Town yesterday launched its Lucky Card, as a way to thank their loyal customers for their continuous support.Assistant Manager, Auree Westerlund, was on hand to explain the new card.“Our...
View ArticlePrime Minister Tuilaepa drives S.I.D.S. effort in
A series of meetings in preparation for the third United Nations Conference on Small Islands Developing States (S.I.D.S.) were held at the organization’s headquarters in New York (N.Y.) this week.It...
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N.Z. backs Samoa as year of S.I.D.S. launched
New Zealand’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Tupa’i Murray McCully, has welcomed the launch of the United Nations International Year of Small Island Developing States (S.I.D.S.).The International Year of...
View ArticlePastor jailed for drug smuggling
Evangelical Christian pastor Bernadine Prince must have been cursing her bad luck when her suitcases were delayed in Singapore on her way back to Australia.She had spent several weeks travelling in...
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Aussie helper builds social accountability in Samoa
Australian volunteer, Sivatmicca Yoganathan, has been applying her research, data collection and analysis skills to implement a project aimed at building social accountability in Samoa.Ms. Yoganathan...
View ArticleSamoan nun pleads guilty to smothering baby
A Samoan woman studying to become a nun pleaded guilty Friday to killing her newborn son at a convent in Washington.Sosefina Amoa, 26, took a plea deal and pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter...
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Landslide hits Luatuanu’u as Cyclone nears Tonga
The tropical depression that dumped enough rain to flood large parts of Fiji was declared to be a tropical cyclone Saturday afternoon as it neared Tonga.At 4:15pm Saturday evening, Cyclone Kofi was...
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Law Society welcomes Judge Fepuela’i
The Samoa Law Society (S.L.S.) congratulated the country’s newest judge, His Honour Fepulea’i Ameperosa Roma, on Friday night.A gathering of Society members and friends at the Rendezvous Restaurant at...
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Not just town kids anymore
Twenty three young students were given awards last Friday for their winning answers to environmental quizzes published in newspapers, with an increasing number from villages.Previously, the bulk of the...
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Security firm adds electronic services
It’s been about a year since Kaino Thomsen Fuataga took the Pacific and Oceania arena by storm to become Samoa’s first Taekwondo competitor to reach the Olympic Games.He was ranked 15th in the World...
View ArticleGovernor Lolo Moliga is recovering
American Samoa Governor, Lolo Matalasi Moliga, is recovering well. That’s the word from his Executive Assistant, Iulogologo Joseph Pereira.“The Governor is recovering well from the new medication that...
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Businesswoman pays back cheque debts
A businesswoman, who pleaded guilty last year to writing cheques without having enough money in the bank, has paid back three quarters of the bill she left owing.Aimiti Edwards, 50, of Moata’a and...
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Schools get dyslexia training
The man who has held the country’s first training in reading difficulties this last week, Dr. Paul Henriques, was himself dyslexic.“As a child with dyslexia I was very lucky,” Dr. Henriques told...
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