Samoa

Flights from Samoa to American Samoa to bring skilled and technical workers into the territory have been put on hold.

The Samoa Basketball Federation is confident next year's Polynesian Cup will go ahead without a hitch despite the global uncertainty surrounding sporting events in the wake of Covid-19.

The judge hearing the trial of a 18-year-old for murdering a Chinese businessman in Samoa has called for greater tolerance of difference in the community.

Samoa's old Tafaigata prison has been officially reopened as a school for nearly 400 students.

The postponement of the Netball World Youth Cup has come as no surprise to Samoa.

One hundred and forty Samoan seasonal workers returning from New Zealand have been reunited with family and friends in Poutasi.

The United Nations Development Programme has given Samoa 2,000 Covid-19 diagnostic testing cartridges.

Samoa's Supreme Court judge has refused to discharge without a conviction a prominent media figure found guilty of uttering forgery.

Samoa's Ombudsman, Maiava Iulai Toma, has warned that banning Facebook in Samoa would affect freedom of speech guarantees in the Constitution.

The Samoan victims of New Zealand's first convicted slaver and human-trafficker are "ecstatic" to learn their abuser will spend the more than a decade behind bars, accroding to Immigration NZ.

The Samoan government has extended its Covid-19 State of Emergency until 30 August.

Victims in Samoa of New Zealand's first convicted slaver and human-trafficker say the punishment is too light for his crimes.