Samoa

The Samoa cabinet is considering a request from the Ministry of Health for the former prime minister, Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, to be medivaced to New Zealand.

Travellers to Samoa will soon pay for their quarantine costs as the government moves to reduce the expense of coronavirus prevention measures that began two years ago.

Samoa is considering cash rewards to get people vaccinated as the country struggles to find ways to reach its target of 96 percent of the eligible population to be fully vaccinated.

The leader of the Human Rights Protection Party in Samoa has called for a Commission of Inquiry into the Office of the Electoral Commission.

The website of the Samoan Meteorology Service may have been the victim of a cyber attack according to local Samoa media.

Samoa's backbone, the tourism industry recorded a decline of WST$375.3 million for financial year 2019-2020.

Samoa's first female Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa has described 2021 as a challenging year for the country.

Lakapi Samoa has announced the death of former Manu Samoa front rower Jake Jacob Grey.