Samoa state of emergency expires, no extension; NEOC

A proclamation on a state of emergency declared on 31 March in response to the Samoa energy crisis will not be extended and effectively expired on Tuesday, 29

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American Samoa welcomes Trump’s reopening of fishing areas, but environmentalists vow to protect the marine sanctuary

US President Donald Trump’s move to restore fishing waters will expand options for the U.S tuna fleet out of Pago Pago harbour in American Samoa and revitalise the territory's fishery industry, according to Rep

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Deep-sea mining firm Impossible Metals seeks mining lease near American Samoa

The waters around the Pacific Ocean territory are estimated to contain large amounts of potato-shaped rocks known as polymetallic nodules filled with the building blocks for electric vehicles and

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Samoa weightlifting smashes 20 records

The Samoa Weightlifting team rewrote the history books as the curtain closed on the Oceania International Cup in Melbourne Australia on Sunday.

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Search for new Manu Samoa Coach

The search for a new head coach for the Manu Samoa rugby team is approaching its final stages, with the chairman of Lakapi Samoa, Tuilaepa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi, confirming that interviews was completed by the end

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“More than an event, it was a movement” – Samoa recalls CHOGM triumph at CSW69

Samoa’s CEO for Women, Community, and Social Development, Loau Donina Va’a, has told Commonwealth delegations at the United Nations’ annual gender meeting (CSW) that Samoa’s hosting of the Commonwealth Heads of

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847 Samoans receive New Zealand citizenship in three months

New Zealand Minister of Internal Affairs Brooke van Velden says 847 Samoans have been granted New Zealand citizenship since the Citizenship [Western Samoa – Restoration] Amendment Bill passed into law three months

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Samoa PM Fiame Mata’fa commands majority, vote of no-confidence fails

The vote of no confidence to unseat Samoa Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa and her cabinet failed when the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday voted with 34 members opposing the motion and 15 for it.   It

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Scotland and Samoa lead the PacificAus Netball series

The PacificAus Sports Netball Series is heating up, with Scotland and Samoa emerging as the dominant teams after the first three rounds of matches at Nissan Arena in Brisbane. As the competition progresses towards its

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Samoa’s embattled Prime Minister faces court action to have her removed

Samoa Opposition Leader and head of the Human Rights Protection Party, Tuilaʻepa Saʻilele Malielegaoi has gone to the Supreme Court to get Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa to step down on the grounds that she

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China-backed APT40 hacking group blamed for cyber attacks on Samoa

Samoa’s government has blamed a Chinese state-backed hacking group for a series of sophisticated cyber attacks, saying it has been conducting “malicious cyber operations against government and key critical

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RFK Jr as Secretary of Health will be a disaster for Samoa’s public health

The Samoa Director General of Health, Aiono Dr Alec Ekeroma, has described the nomination of Robert F Kennedy Junior as the U.S Secretary of Health and Human Services as a disaster for Samoa’s public health. Kennedy

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