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

It has been close to a month now since the supply of chicken started running short. Businesses relying on the meat product have had to pay a cost and families are having to dig deeper as prices have skyrocketed.While the prices increase, there is no sign of the Price Control Division doing its wo...

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

The students and staff of Wesley College had a tragic morning last Friday after a 13-year-old girl allegedly lost her life while running to the assembly and in the process slipped and hit her head on the floor at the school hall.The school principal did not wish to comment on her passing when app...

The Cabinet has yet to explain its decision to instruct the overseas-based audit firm to re-examine 'only' 13 projects from the extensive list initially earmarked for scrutiny under the forensic audit initiative. It is also unknown how the remaining $304k will be used from the $1 million tala all...

A seasonal worker and Samoan chief Toimoana Semau Semu Sa'e and his family are calling on the government to closely supervise the policies of seasonal work schemes which are believed to have been breached by the workers.He has made the call after several failed attempts to stop parties where Samo...

The Vice President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) praised Samoa's ambitious development plans and its relationship with the ADB during his inaugural visit to Samoa and the Pacific since taking office.In an exclusive interview with the Samoa Observer, ADB Vice President, Scott Morris highligh...

The investigation into the cause of the fire at the S.N.P.F. Plaza on Monday night continues and no determination has been made yet on how the fire started, according to the Fire and Emergency Service Authority (F.E.S.A.) Commissioner. Tanuvasa Petone Mauga, responding to queries from the Samoa O...

The Deputy Press Secretariat of Japan, Mariko Kameko has reassured that no Samoans were harmed during last year's earthquake in Japan which killed more than 120 people while 200 are missing.In an interview with the Samoa Observer, Ms. Kameko said she is not sure about the data but stressed that n...

The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest (people) of the past centuries. Rene Descartes.Few would argue with the man who also said in Latin “cogito, ergo sum” which is usually translated into English as “I think, therefore I am.”But the take today is not only thinking ...