Samoa

Samoa's police chief has dismissed a report that a fourth person has been arrested in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate the prime minister.

Samoa Prime Minister Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi is continuing his campaign to reduce the cost of traditional gift giving at official events.

Samoa's acting chief justice has adjourned a civil hearing after a New Zealand-based lawyer representing one of the parties was unable to return for the case because of a death threat against her.

The need for networking, sharing of information, and capacity building to fight the illicit drug trade has been underscored at the Pacific Islands Chiefs of Police Conference.

A police constable in Samoa, Lefiu Aiga Fono, has appeared in court on charges of murder and manslaughter following the death of man in a stone throwing incident at Faleasi'u village early this year.

Two men have appeared in the Samoan Supreme Court on a joint charge of conspiring to murder relating to the alleged plot against the Prime Minister, Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi.

A monument erected by the New Zealand Government commemorating those who died in the Spanish influenza epidemic in Samoa has been unveiled in Samoa.

A 25-year-old Samoan boxing gold medalist in last month's Pacific Games, Nu'uuli Mose Livai, has escaped a jail sentence despite being convicted twice of burglary and theft.

A youth convicted of theft in Samoa has been ordered by the court to write an apology to Papua New Guinea athletes who competed in July's Pacific Games.

Samoa's Prime Minister and Minister of Police, Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi, says he is not involved in any way in the police handling of investigations into an alleged assassination plot.

Police in Samoa say they hope recent arrests will deter others from using social media to commit crimes.

The Samoa Government has received five second-hand fire trucks from Japan.

A Samoan boxer who won gold for his country at this year's Pacific Games is waiting to be sentenced in Apia after being convicted of burglary.

American Samoa District Court Judge Elvis Patea says he believes the Samoa Consulate Office is trying to dodge his orders regarding citizens of Samoa he has ordered to leave the territory.

China's Ambassador to Samoa, Chao Xiaoliang, has hit back at criticism China is undermining Pacific nations.