Reef Grants Roll Out: Samoa’s Reef Resilience Hub has announced 16 funded projects, including 14 community groups plus the Samoa Voyaging Society and the National University of Samoa, backing a ridge-to-reef approach led by Conservation International Samoa. Fisheries Planning Goes Village-by-Village: Fifteen villages have launched Village Fisheries Management Plans under the Kiwa RESTORE Project, with monitoring equipment and a focus on sustainable livelihoods and marine protection. Fuel Rationing Measures Tighten: Samoa has restricted government vehicle use to five per ministry/state entity and ordered refuelling through the government station at Vaitele as the country stays on amber alert ahead of the next tanker on July 4. Disability Rights Win for Samoa: Mataafa Faatino Utumapu has been elected to the UN CRPD Committee, making her the first Samoan on the body, with the Pacific Islands Forum calling it a major regional milestone. Courtroom Bribery Allegations Continue: In the Vaimauga 3 election petition, witnesses testified that Lautimuia Uelese Vaai allegedly gave $500 to entice voters, with the court hearing recordings and disputes over whether it was “faaaloalo” or bribery. District Funding Overdrafts Questioned: A government-backed plan to offer district councils commercial overdrafts ahead of DDP payments has raised legal and financial concerns under new rules on public fund use.