Samoa

A Samoa workers union is threatening to name and shame owners of companies who have failed to pay workers National Provident Fund contributions.

Three workers on a hotel project in Samoa have been sacked for working on a Sunday.

The Samoa Government is loosening the limits on some gambling during the lockdown.

Rising anger in Samoa over three controversial constitutional amendments has led to curbs on key officials.

The chair of the Samoa Rugby Union, Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, has defended the decision to vote for Sir Bill Beaumont as World Rugby Chair.

A lawyer in Samoa says a Supreme Court judge did not leak a confidential letter as the prime minister alleges.

The leader of the opposition Samoa First Party says she was surprised at the numbers who turned out to protest against three controversial bills before parliament.

Samoa's controversial bills, which seek to amend the Constitution, will be taken for discussions into local villages, beginning with the island of Savai'i.

Lawyers working in Samoa's Attorney General's office have reportedly been told not to take part in a submission against three controversial bills before parliament.

Thousands of jobs have been lost as the tourism industry - the economic lifeblood for Pacific countries - disappears. There are growing signs many families are being plunged into poverty.

A Methodist minister in Samoa has been removed from a Savaii parish while investigations continue into his apparent involvement in the death of a 16 year-old.

A Chinese businessman is being charged for attempting to export a container of sea cucumbers from Samoa, estimated to be worth over $US3.6 million.

A workers union in Samoa says some employers are not complying with labour rules when it comes to laying off staff or terminating contracts.

Samoa's Prime Minister has responded to the New Zealand Law Society's statement that it held serious concerns about constitutional reforms being proposed in the country.