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The man who has been at the helm of Lakapi Samoa has been given a one-year extension on his contract after the board meeting last week, the Samoa Observer can reveal. Faleomavaega Titimaea Tafua, a board member of Lakapi Samoa and former coach of Manu Samoa, responded to queries from this newspap...

Lakapi Samoa has never held a player back from signing a contract with an overseas club said Chief Executive Officer Faleomavaega Vincent Fepulea'i responding to allegations by a former Manu Samoa player, Elija Niko.Niko claimed that the management was holding back players from signing overseas c...

Apia, SAMOA — A Samoan family has ended up paying close to US$66,900 (AU$100,000) to a Samoan woman who had promised them residency in Australia but the family now believes they have been sca

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

It was a message that Samoan heavyweight boxer Lupesoliai Joseph Parker has always told himself and on Wednesday he shared it with the children survivors of the Campus of Hope.Lupesoliai told the children to strive and thrive, and never give up on their goals."I encourage you all to keep your hea...

Apia, SAMOA — The Ministry of Police Prisons and Corrections has suspended four police officers from the Criminal Investigation Unit pending investigations for their alleged involvem

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

Many new title holders from abroad and locally lined up at the Ministry of Justice Courts and Administration on Monday to register their matai before leaving the country.  It’s the first day back to work for government ministries that have been on a two-week break before the Christmas holidays.Ge...

The Ambassador of Japan to Samoa, Senta Keisuke has assured that Samoans based permanently and temporarily in Japan live far from the epicenter of the 7.6 magnitude earthquake which struck Japan last week, killing 120 people.In an interview with the Samoa Observer, Mr. Keisuke said he is not 100 ...

There is a need for 100 more doctors in the health system to fill the current shortage in the public health service says Professor Asiata Dr. Satupaitea Viali, the Dean of the Oceania University of Medicine.In an article, he has written for the Samoa Observer on medical training, he says there is...