Samoa

A more than 50 percent increase for domestic water rates in Samoa has been described by an officer of the Samoa Water Authority as "not a big increase".

A senior Samoa First Union organiser has accused some of the country's employers of failing to pay workers' contributions to the Samoa National Provident Fund.

The latest deployment of Samoan peace keepers has left for South Sudan.

The Samoa Workers Union has voiced concern at a government proposal to increase worker contributions to the Samoa National Provident Fund.

Villagers in Samoa have been told they should provide accommodation for teachers travelling long distances to work.

A Samoa resort is continuing to operate after the Court of Appeal upheld a ruling which overturned a decision to revoke the government's endorsement of the resort's customary land lease.

Families in the Samoan village of Ti'avea have been waiting since December on compensation from the government for land expropriated for a new airstrip

Samoa's court of appeal has convicted the Lands and Titles court President, Fepulea'i Attila Ropati, on one count of intentionally causing bodily harm.

Three FBI officials are in Samoa this week to train IT workers in the police and other government ministries to fight cybercrime.

The doubling of Norway's contributions to a global fund for climate action will help large scale projects in Samoa, Norway's Pacific ambassador says.

South Africa scored 20 unanswered second half points to deny Fiji back to back titles at the Singapore Sevens.

An estimated 1,000 voters did not vote in a recent by-election in Samoa, and all of them have been given a $US40 fine for not voting.

The National University of Samoa's Professor Fui Asofou So'o has been suspended by cabinet pending the outcome of an internal investigation.

The young players in the Fiji Sevens team have been asked to move on from the elation of victory in Hong Kong to focus on this weekend's tournament in Singapore.

A dry spell gripping Samoa shows no sign of abating, with forecasts of a drought on the horizon.