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Christina Tuamalii, a 12-year-old who aspires to pursue a career in accounting, achieved the recognition of 2023 Leulumoega Primary School dux, but she knows she still has a long way to go before she can attain her career goal.The pupils of Leulumoega Primary School had a memorable day on Friday ...

Nothing was going to hold back Ratu Alofau Rile, a Fijian-Samoan teenager from attaining his goals and it came to fruition when he was named the Seventh Day Adventist College's dux for the 2023 academic year.It has been a challenging yet rewarding journey for Ratu Alofau having to cope with numer...

The printing of the weekly Savali newspaper which is in Samoan and English has been put on hold on a temporary basis as the Government looks to secure a new source of funding, the Samoa Observer can reveal. The last printing of the weekly paper was over a week ago and since then, the Savali is on...

Ngaire Lia Toetu from Solosolo and Vaivase-Tai was overwhelmed with joy when she was named the top student for Vaivase Primary School this year. It was an achievement she was happy to share with her parents, family and her prayer-warriors who were all thrilled to have witnessed such a milestone f...

The newly established Ministry for Sports and Recreation is now tasked to be responsible for proposing financial rewards for the national athletes who win gold medals from any international competition. They will make a proposal to Cabinet for consideration before they make a directive on which g...

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

Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samoa Airways has been fined US$1,000 dollars for allowing a second foreign national in a month to board one of its planes to American Samoa without a pro

Apia, SAMOA — With several recent COVID cases reported in the independent state, Samoa's health boss says the Ministry of Health will resort to carrying out COVID-19 tests at the

Janey Forrest, a 54-year-old from Auckland, New Zealand has been fascinated by Samoa and decided to explore the culture, environment and people of this tiny nation in the Pacific.She is here with her daughter Sophie and granddaughters, Ruby and Sophie Meadem. They have been to Saletoga Sand Resor...

Last Thursday 30 November 2023 I clocked out as an employee and editor of the Samoa Observer after five years and five months.But I remember vividly my arrival in Samoa on Sunday 24 June 2018, having transited through Brisbane, Australia a day before from Port Moresby, the Papua New Guinea (PNG) ...