Samoa

The Lauli'i village council in Samoa says it believes a baby found floating off a beach near their village was dumped there last Wednesday.

The Samoa Ministry of Health is expected to be hit with a multimillion dollar lawsuit from the families of two babies who died from wrongly mixed vaccinations.

The American Samoa Governor, Lolo Moliga, says when Samoa's national airline, Samoa Airways, begins flights to Los Angeles, it's planning to first stop over in American Samoa.

In Samoa the sentence of Malele Atofu Paulo also known as King Faipopo on a charge of making false accusations and defaming Prime Minister Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi, has been set aside.

Samoa's Supreme Court has ruled that the former head of state cannot be sued for constitutional violations.

The Pacific Climate Change Centre to be based in Samoa, will open in September.

Samoa police are revealing few details about the body of a young baby found floating in the sea off northeastern Upolu on Wednesday.

Samoa's Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit by the former Manu Samoa rugby head coach, Fuimaono Titimaea Tafua, against the termination of his contract.

Samoa's health system has better monitoring systems in place following the deaths of two infants last year, the country's nurses' association says.

The Supreme Court in Samoa has issued an arrest warrant for a pregnant woman accused of beating her one-year-old baby to death.

Samoa's prime minister has defended a $US100,000 donation the American Samoan government made to the Manu Samoa rugby team.

Police in Samoa have charged a man with murder following the death of his wife.

The fifth meeting of the Pacific Meteorological Council will take place in Samoa from Wednesday to Friday this week.

A Pacific media conference in Samoa has heard how technical and scientific terms can be challenging to translate into everyday language.