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All schools within the constituency of Aana Alofi No.4 have always been and still are challenged by lack of teachers, Member of Parliament and Minister of Natural Resources and Environment (M.N.R.E.), Toesulusulu Cedric Schuster said.In an interview with the Samoa Observer on Friday, Toesulusulu ...

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

The Chief Executive Officer of Samoa Airways, Fauo'o Fatu Tielu has confirmed that an airport container loader machine has arrived from New Zealand but its use has been delayed until staff undergo training.In an interview with the Samoa Observer on Wednesday, Fauo'o explained that although the ma...

It is a story that would shock and disappoint many in the community, especially due to the millions of tala, which both the donors and the Samoa government have been investing over the years to tackle family and domestic violence in the islands.Just last week one of the partners in the nation’s e...

A veteran Samoan journalist has been awarded the prestigious Freedom of the Media Award for Excellence in Commentary and Criticism at the National Press Club in Washington.

Tiapapata teenager Aniva Clarke was the recipient of the Pacific Emerging Leadership Award at New Zealand’s Sunpix Pacific Peoples Awards last Friday night. The award recognised the 17-year-old’s work as a Pacific environmental and child rights advocate and making meaningful change internationall...

The first woman ever to be appointed as the Governor of the Central Bank of Samoa is eyeing a second six-year-term in office, the Samoa Observer can reveal. The Governor's position has been advertised after the incumbent Maiava Atalina Ainu'u-Enari's first six-year-contract concluded. A special a...

Phase 2 of a review of a new pay structure for health workers including dentists and nurses with the Ministry of Health is still underway according to the Health Director General.Aiono Dr. Alec Ekeroma told the Samoa Observer in an exclusive interview last Friday that the Public Service Commissio...

The Government changed its position on the executive director vacancy at the Samoa Law Reform Commission (S.L.R.C.) and is now re-advertising the top job.The position has been vacant since September last year after the incumbent, Teleiai Dr. Lalotoa Mulitalo handed in her resignation in order to ...

Plans to secure an area near the wharf in Pago Pago in American Samoa to construct a terminal and warehouse to store cargo shipped on the Lady Samoa IV will be pushed through with more discussions to follow. The proposed plan was amongst follow-up matters pursued by the Minister of Works Transpor...