Samoa

A former opposition MP in Samoa has declared his candidacy for the ruling Human Rights Protection Party in the Faasaleleaga number 2 by-election.

American Samoa's Deputy Treasurer Keith Gebauer has rejected claims from Samoa that most of the hard drugs found there are brought in from the territory.

People within Samoa's territorial constituency of Gagaifomauga number 3 want their MP to remain a member of the ruling Human Rights Protection Party.

Two secondary school principals in Samoa have sought police assistance to avert violence, following derogatory statements made on social media.

The police in Samoa are investigating a threat made against the life of the prime minister on social media

Tahiti has expressed concerns over the suitability of accommodation for athletes competing in the 2019 Pacific Games in Apia.

American Samoa, Guam and Samoa have been added to a new EU blacklist on money-laundering and terrorism financing.

A village council in Samoa has decided to fine men who beat their wives $US760 and banish them if they don't pay.

Air New Zealand says a passenger travelling to Samoa died before her flight landed at Faleolo International Airport.

Samoa's Prime Minister has called on the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries to be honest and transparent in the distribution of donated goods.

The council of chiefs, or matai from Manono-tai village in Samoa will not punish a man who threw a pig's head at the prime minister in Australia last year.

Passengers on inter-island ferries in Samoan waters may soon have a woman at the helm after the country's first sea captain graduated in Apia last week.

Samoa's former head of state Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Efi and the Asian Development Bank are new defendants in customary land law legal action.

A by-election will be held in Samoa next month following the death of the MP, Pa'u Sefo Pa'u in January.

Pacific Oceania have been relegated in Fed Cup tennis competition after failing to win a game in Asia/Oceania Zone Group One.