Samoa

A report says while finance for micro, small and medium enterprises in Samoa is accessible, only 50 percent receive the support.

Samoa's prime minister is considering further Covid-19 restrictions despite the country remaining coronavirus free.

Samoa has extended its State of Emergency to 27 September.

The annual Teuila festival showcasing Samoa's culture, traditions and music will be a digital festival this year due to Covid-19.

The use of the iconic clock tower in Samoa's capital as a giant billboard for a telecommunications company has been called disrespectful.

Samoa's former speaker and cabinet minister, Laauli Leuatea Polataivao Schmidt, has topped preliminary results for the Gagaifomauga number 3 by-election.

Samoa's Prime Minister has urged local families to stop telling false stories about pandemic hardships to families overseas in order to get money.

All international air travel to and from Samoa has been temporarily suspended.

A man has been charged with careless driving causing death after a Samoan seasonal worker died in a car accident in New Zealand on Sunday.

Two customs officers and their driver have been detained and isolated in Samoa after entering a Covid-19 quarantine facility.

More than 58,000 TikTok users have watched Mikaele Oloa slice a banana leaf to make an ula laufa'i, a traditional Samoan necklace.

A cameraman in Samoa has pleaded guilty to attempting to bribe a police officer while filming a fire at a petrol station in March.

Samoa's Director General of Health says the country remains free of Covid-19 so the public shouldn't believe rumours to the contrary.