Samoa National Hospital Kitchen Staff Sought Minister’s Help for Unpaid Overtime, Issues Resolved and Staff have Returned to Work

Friday 17 October 2025, Apia Samoa. Patients at Samoa’s Tupua Tamasese Meaole (TTM) national hospital in Motootua were left without breakfast on Thursday morning after kitchen staff failed to show up for work. Kitchen staff who usually start work...

Villagers begin talks with government on sharing Manawanui compensation fund

Samoa’s government recently met with Safata villagers to discuss how to disburse the WST$10 million (NZ$6m) HMNZS Manawanui payment from the New Zealand government. The Samoa Observer reports that a meeting was held on Wednesday, with...

We are No Longer a Beacon of Law and Order

The unfolding events surrounding election petitions reflects the sad state of affairs in our country. We are all aware of the widely reported allegations of open bribery to buy votes by the winning candidates in our recent General Elections. Court...

'We're eating tinned fish': Samoa villagers plead for Manawanui wreckage compensation

UAS footage of RNZN Divers surveying the area around HMNZS Manawanui on the Southern Coast of Upulo as part of Op Resolution. 25 October 2024 Photo: New Zealand Defence Force The future of the Manawanui wreckage and potential compensation payments...

Fiame files $1.1 million defamation suit against PM

Former Samoa Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata‘afa has filed a $1.1 million tālā defamation suit in the Supreme Court of Samoa, accusing current Prime Minister Laaulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt and his cousin Lise Marie Schmidt of spreading false...

Church And Culture Blamed For Pressure On Election Petitions Withdrawal

SAMOA’S GOOD IMAGE : HRPP Opposition leader Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi with local media. By Staff Writer Church and Cultural influences are the driving forces alleged to be putting heavy pressure on election petitioners to withdraw their court...

Election petition: Witness says everyone was accepting money

A witness told the Electoral Court on Thursday that he accepted money from former member of parliament Lea’ana Ronnie Posini during the 2025 General Election campaign, even though he believed it was a bribe. The election petition and counter...

Samoa negotiating $14 million tālā more from NZ

The Samoa and New Zealand Governments are negotiating further financial support to cover the environmental impact of the HMNZS Manawanui sinking off the Safata coast in October last year. Talamua Online reports Minister of Finance, Mulipola...

UAE Beat Samoa To Keep The T20 World Cup Dream Alive

(MENAFN- Khaleej Times) The UAE beat Samoa by 77 runs in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia & EAP Qualifier at Al Amerat, Oman, on Wednesday. The emphatic win kept the UAE's hopes of qualifying for the 2026 T20 World Cup alive. Recommended For You...

Fiame sues PM Laaulialemalietoa for $1.1M in defamation suit

Former Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mataafa is seeking $1.1 million from Prime Minister Laaulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt and Lise Marie Schmidt for defamation and false allegations. The civil matter was filed in the Supreme Court on Tuesday, 14...

UAE close in on T20 World Cup as win over Samoa sends Nepal and Oman through

The UAE will clinch their place at the T20 World Cup on Thursday if they beat Japan in Muscat. Back-to-back defeats against Nepal and Oman had left the national team with no margin for error at the qualifying tournament. It meant they had to win...

Election Petition against Speaker of the House is Withdrawn

Tues 14 October 2025, Mulinuu Apia Samoa. The election petition alleging campaign corruption against the Speaker of the House, Hon Auapaau Mulipola Aloitafua, was withdrawn in the Supreme Court this morning. The petition was filed by HRPP...

New Zealand seeks U.S help to protect Pacific from China over rare minerals, fisheries

WELLINGTON (AP)— New Zealand’s defence minister warned in an interview that small countries in the South Pacific face growing pressure from great power competition for their rare minerals and fisheries wealth, and that more action was needed from...

Samoan villagers plead for Manawanui compensation

By Teuila Fuatai and Susana Suisuiki of RNZ The future of the Manawanui wreckage and potential compensation payments remain a major talking point in Samoa. The Royal New Zealand Navy vessel ran aground on a reef off the south coast of Upolu in...

Samoa's Police Commissioner exits role before contract ends, says he expected it

Auapaau Logoitino Filipo Photo: Facebook / Samoa Police, Prisons & Corrections Services Samoa's former Police Commissioner has spoken to local media about his exit from the role, admiting he was expecting it. Auapaau Logoitino Filipo's tenure...

Back from Japan with a mission

Two public servants have recently returned to Samoa after completing their Master’s degrees in Japan and hope to use what they have learnt to improve in their fields of work. The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Samoa Office...

Samoa’s men of letters, Regulator and the biggest drug bust at Faleatiu

It’s all happening in beautiful Samoa, isn’t it? There is no doubt about that. What with Samoa’s man of letters and Prime Minister Tuilaepa Dr. Sa’ilele Malielegaoi being in fine form, firing his pen at everyone and anyone, a measles epidemic...

Samoa MPs and cabinet ministers haven’t been paid

Members of parliament and cabinet ministers have not been paid since being sworn in on September 16. Minister of Finance Mulipola Anarosa Ale-Molio’o confirmed this week that payments for the period ending 14 October have not been processed. She...

Government of Samoa Conveys Condolences to Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Apia, Samoa, 11 October 2025 – The Government of Samoa yesterday met with representatives of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Samoa to convey its heartfelt condolences following the passing of President Russell M. Nelson, who...

Pakistan has no trade with 11 countries, govt tells parliament

The federal government has informed parliament that Pakistan currently has no trade relations with 11 countries across the world. The official list, submitted to lawmakers, includes India and Israel, along with several other nations with which...