Samoa

Tonga and Samoa have announced extensions to measures put in place to safeguard the countries from the Covid-19 pandemic.

The future of rugby unions in the Pacific remain uncertain as they seek guidance from World Rugby amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Six hotels in Samoa's capital are accommodating 190 travellers during their 14 day quarantine period implemented because of the global Covid-19 pandemic.

A spokesperson for Samoa First Union says members are awaiting details of a government Covid-19 package for the beleaguered tourism industry.

The troubled prison system in Samoa is again under the spotlight after a brawl in one of the cells landed five inmates in hospital in Apia.

A Samoan national representative rugby team is having an extended stay in New Zealand after being caught in the lockdown on their way home from Australia.

Retailers in Samoa are being told to stop selling imported pork - including canned pork - to keep African swine fever out of the country.

Samoa Police have stepped up their search for an escaped convict who has been on the run since January last year, with an armed raid in the early hours of Tuesday.

Two tonnes of vital medical supplies have arrived in Samoa on a special Samoa Airways flight.

Samoa Airways will return a 737 it's been leasing from a Malaysia-based airline for the past year.

Two people from Vaiusu village including a decorated senior police prosecutor have been charged with manslaughter connected to the death of a 20 year old man.

The World Bank has delivered over $US5 million in funding to support Samoa's response to the global Covid-19 pandemic.

Samoa's Police Commissioner has started a clean out of the country's prison administration just days after he was handed the reins to the country's troubled service.

Samoa is now officially on lock down.

Samoa's Prime Minister has given the Ministry of Police portfolio to the Minister of Prisons and Correctional Services, Tialavea Tionisio Hunt.