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It has been just over a week since the fire crippled and forced the closure of one of Apia’s leading medicine suppliers Maria Pharmacy on Vaea Street. Last Wednesday morning, the blaze burnt Maria’s Mall and impacted neighbouring businesses including Talofa Airways, Maria's Pharmacy Healthcare, a...

The Samoa Fire and Emergency Services Authority are trying their best to stop a fire from spreading at Maria’s Pharmacy in Vaea Street in Apia.The fire is believed to have started around 6am and the fire service was alerted shortly after. The firefighters managed to get into the ceiling of the bu...

A Round-up of Pacific news in brief from around the region.

A round-up of news in brief from around the region.

The Samoa Fire and Emergency Authority (F.E.S.A.) Commissioner, Tanuvasa Petone Mauga has urged public and private property owners in Samoa to install fire alarms.His appeal comes on the back of another fire in Apia's commercial area on Wednesday evening which led to the burning of another busine...

The Apia sky was lit by a massive fire which destroyed the building next to Sunrise Restaurant in Togafu'afu'a Road on Wednesday night as firefighters fought hard to stop the spread of the flames from the inferno to adjacent buildings.It is believed that the fire started around 8pm and quickly tu...

A senior doctor who was a local convener at an international paediatric training held earlier this week, Dr. Faamuamua Arasi said there was a shortage of paediatrics at the Ministry of Health (M.O.H.) because some were leaving for better salary and benefits.She confirmed in an interview with the ...

Samoa Fire and Emergency Services Authority (S.F.E.S.A.) Commissioner says it wasn't a cigarette butt that triggered the fire that burnt Maria's Mall last week but an electrical fault.Tanuvasa Petone Mauga told the Samoa Observer in an interview on Monday that preliminary investigations by the SF...

A fire which broke out in the early hours of Wednesday did not only destroy the Maria's Mall in Apia but also spread to its' neigbouring building causing tenants to relocate their businesses and the authorities suspect a lit cigarette butt as the cause.The fire broke out around 6am in the morning...

Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency (AS-EPA) has completed two comprehensive training programs aimed at enhancing workplace safety and haza