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Arieta earns Master's Degree in Tropical Plant Pathology
1+ hour, 5+ min ago (201+ words) Arieta Fa'aulu has graduated with a Master of Science in Tropical Plant Pathology from the University of Hawai'i at Manoa, adding another major academic achievement to her educational journey. Fa'aulu, who hails from Faleula, Sili, Safotu and Moata'a, is an…...
Afualo pleads not guilty to drug charges
3+ hour, 1+ min ago (277+ words) Afualo Daryl Mapu, a former Assistant Electoral Commissioner who was arrested again by police last month in a drug raid, appeared in the Supreme Court and pleaded not guilty to all eight drug charges against him. Two other defendants, Mapu's…...
More than 12, 000 coral fragments planted
2+ hour, 36+ min ago (479+ words) More than 12, 000 coral fragments are now growing on Samoa's reefs following a restoration program that trained communities across seven sites to lead reef recovery efforts, conservation officials said. The work was carried out under the Kiwa RESTORE Project, funded by…...
Leo warns rugby could collapse
2+ hour, 6+ min ago (464+ words) Former Manu Samoa player and the chief executive officer of Pacific Rugby Players Welfare, Daniel Leo, warned that rugby in Samoa could collapse within five years unless major reforms are made at Lakapi Samoa and new leaders are allowed to…...
Pasefika Motors and Kontiki Finance making car ownership more accessible
10+ hour, 5+ min ago (54+ words) SASNOC SG elected on ONOC board 20 May 2025, 3: 40 PM Vodafone Samoa Launches Festive Campaign " Festive Wins with Vodafone 21 October 2025, 10: 00 PM Air New Zealand Honours, Its Longest Serving Operations Manager in Samoa 28 November 2025, 11: 00 PM Digicel Samoa teams up with Ria Money Transfer…...
Act now to reduce alcohol-related crime
9+ hour, 12+ min ago (838+ words) Only four days into the new year and four people have already perished, either victims of alleged crime or the tragic circumstance of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. But there is a common thread linking some…...
Unexpected power outage on Monday morning
9+ hour, 35+ min ago (257+ words) An unexpected power outage has struck parts of the country, leaving many areas without electricity as the Electrical Power Corporation (EPC) works to restore supply. On Monday at 11 am, power supply was cut in parts of Samoa as an unexpected…...
PM backs press freedom at JAWS event
4+ hour, 1+ min ago (407+ words) Media is part of democracy," Prime Minister Laaulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt said on Monday at the opening of the World Press Freedom Day and Journalists Association of Samoa's (JAWS) 50th anniversary celebration. He made the remarks before joining Australian High Commissioner to…...
HRPP's vaccine promises are empty
9+ hour, 58+ min ago (187+ words) The HRPP's campaign promise to give WST 1, 000 to families of fully vaccinated newborns is not a bold health initiative'it's a cynical attempt to rewrite history. This is the same party under whose leadership over 80 Samoan children died during the 2019 measles…...
Mahonri guilty of eight charges
7+ hour, 24+ min ago (122+ words) Former Manu Samoa coach, Mase Mahonri Schwalger, has been found guilty of eight charges of indecent assault, rape and incest by the Supreme Court on Monday. Judge Justice Vui Clarence Nelson delivered his decision and adjourned the matter for sentencing…...