Samoa

The Covid-19 stimulus package passed by Samoa's Parliament last week may have come too late for some hotels and their workers.

Samoa's Prime Minister says despite the nation still being Covid-19 free, it is highly unlikely the borders will be reopened at this stage.

A former Samoa rugby league international Constantine Mika celebrates birth of son in lockdown

Samoa's Office of The Regulator has moved to address social media claims there is a link between 5G mobile phone technology and the Covid-19 coronavirus.

Samoa's Parliament is in urgent session today as members debate a $US23.6 million stimulus package to deal with the impacts of the global Covid-19 pandemic and to assist the local economy.

Hundreds of businesses in Samoa have been forced to cut working hours of staff because of loss of revenue due to the covid-19 pandemic.

A media operator has started a community-funded bounty for Samoa's notorious escaped criminal, Pati Chong Nee.

Tonga and Samoa have announced extensions to measures put in place to safeguard the countries from the Covid-19 pandemic.

The future of rugby unions in the Pacific remain uncertain as they seek guidance from World Rugby amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Six hotels in Samoa's capital are accommodating 190 travellers during their 14 day quarantine period implemented because of the global Covid-19 pandemic.

A spokesperson for Samoa First Union says members are awaiting details of a government Covid-19 package for the beleaguered tourism industry.

The troubled prison system in Samoa is again under the spotlight after a brawl in one of the cells landed five inmates in hospital in Apia.

A Samoan national representative rugby team is having an extended stay in New Zealand after being caught in the lockdown on their way home from Australia.

Retailers in Samoa are being told to stop selling imported pork - including canned pork - to keep African swine fever out of the country.

Samoa Police have stepped up their search for an escaped convict who has been on the run since January last year, with an armed raid in the early hours of Tuesday.

Two tonnes of vital medical supplies have arrived in Samoa on a special Samoa Airways flight.

Samoa Airways will return a 737 it's been leasing from a Malaysia-based airline for the past year.