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The Samoa Government is yet to decide what will happen to the outrigger canoes that it provided funds for in order for them to be purchased from Tahiti.The latest six-man outrigger canoes were used in the International Vaa Federation (IVF) World Distance Championship 2023 in Apia last week and we...

It is pretty clear now that improvements to the public health system will take more than a little time and the promises made by the former administration of a private-public clinic were not even put into a plan.It has been said more than once that Samoa’s public health service is not operating at...

A Member of Parliament has removed himself as an alternative director of a resort's board, citing "trust issues" with the resort's current Board Chairman, the Samoa Observer can reveal. The Faleata No. 3 M.P. and Human Rights Protection Party (H.R.P.P.) secretary, Lealailepule Rimoni Aiafi confir...

It has been 18 years since Samoa started officially celebrating Father’s Day and marked it with a public holiday to give it added national significance. And last week the Ministry of Women, Community and Social Development (M.W.C.S.D.) held a meeting at its conference hall for community-led discu...

It is great that another international airline will start weekly flights to Samoa next month in what should be a major boost to the local tourism sector. Visitor numbers to the country have been on the rise since the country’s international borders opened in August last year and the start of the ...

The Fa'atuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (F.A.S.T.) Chairman says supporters and the nation should "not be misled" by media coverage of a Commission of Inquiry's findings of the 2021 General Election.Speaking during the Soalepule programme, which was live-streamed on the E.F.K.S. TV2 on Wednesday n...

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

The President of the International Va'a Federation (I.V.F.), Lara Collins has explained that boats getting damaged and flipping over at the World Championships is not new in the sport of paddling.In an interview with the Samoa Observer, Mrs. Collins said there were some boats that were damaged an...

Samoa's Police Commissioner has sent his condolences to the family of a man who was a top fisherman and saved the lives of a number of people who came close to drowning over the years.Amoni Lemoa Malaeulu of Lano village in Savai'i was killed on Sunday this week when he tried to move the carcass ...

Anne Cairns has won Samoa's first gold medal at the International Va'a Federation World Distance Championship 2023 while Nu'u Muliaga claimed Samoa's first medal, a bronze on Wednesday.The female duo waved Samoa's flag with pride as they were presented their medals.Mrs. Cairns, 42, won the V1 Mas...