A two-year dispute was ended when a Catechist knelt before Matai to ask forgiveness in Afega village in Samoa. Confirming this, Assistant Police Commissioner, Le’aupepe Fatu Pula, said: “The complaint has been withdrawn and both parties have agreed to reconcile.” He said the complaint was lodged in 2009 by the village matai council’s Tu’ua or Village Read more
A severe drought in the Pacific Islands has created a critical water shortage. The island groups of Tuvalu and Tokelau have declared emergencies, relying on bottled water and seeking more desalination machines. Parts of Samoa are starting to ration water. Six months of low rainfall have dried out the islands. Climate scientists say it’s part Read more
A member of the the Manu Samoa Rugby World Cup Team has been given a rosary as a good luck charm. The Manu Samoa visited Tafa’igata Prison as part of their final preparations for the Rugby World Cup. An emotional meeting between Manu Samoa winger, Alesana Tuilagi and his father, Tuilagi Namulauulu Leo II, was the Read more
Twenty-six pilgrims representing the Catholic Youth of American Samoa Diocese of Samoa Pago Pago are among the more than 2 million youth from around the world, who attended World Youth Day 2011 in Madrid, Spain, held August 16- 21 – a Catholic event focused on youth. The American Samoa Catholic Youth group, led by Director of Youth Rev. Malaki Timu, FK left the territory a week ago Thursday (Aug. 11) and arrived in Madrid Sunday morning (Aug. 14).
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A 16-year-old girl, dubbed ‘Spider girl,’ was expelled from Mary’s College in Apia Samoa, because she used her cellphone to make a sexually explicit video which then found its way onto the internet. The Director of Catholic Education, Aeau Chris Hazelman, and Marist Sisters head Sister Emanuela Betham went on Samoa Television to issue a Read more
Embassy of the United States of America in Apia, has issues a statements saying that it is not accusing New Zealand of human trafficking after all. In its statement the Embassy said it wished to correct an inaccurate New Zealand press reports about the Regional Seasonal Employment Scheme. The US Embassy wishes “to correct the Read more
Churches chairman Reverend Oka Fauolo said the ban on local people would not work because many had dual citizenship and church leaders were still worried about the negative affects of the casinos no matter what the Government said. Tenders will soon be put out for the first casinos to be built in Samoa, but local Read more
What do Beethoven, Tupac, the Pope and the Dalai Lama have in common? This was the question posed by His Highness Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Efi when he opened the Samoa Conference II at the National University of Samoa (NUS) on 8 July. The Head of State, who is also Chancellor, referred to the four Read more
A new Don Bosco Technical College campus has been opened at Salelologa, in Savai’i, Samoa. The new compound consists of eight classrooms, a computer lab and a workshop. Unlike the Don Bosco Technical Center in Apia, the school teaches trades and high school subjects in Year 9 and Year 10. The school also educates both males Read more
The Congregational Church of Samoa may set up a bank to counter the excessive interest rates and fees imposed by commercial banks operating in the country. Church general secretary Rev. Iutisone Salevao said the bank idea would include setting up a corporate plan operating under the development arm of the church. He said its operations would Read more