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William Lynch, a slave owner, once said, - FSM TAUA
19 Feb. 2010 “ Slaves must be kept physically strong but psychologically weak and dependent on the master.” This same attitude is reflected in the way the Human Rights Protection Party governs... More
Samoa's AG happy with NZBA decision
Updated March 10, 2010 18:07:34 ABC Australia Samoa's Attorney General, Aumua Ming Leung Wai says he is happy with the ruling by the New Zealand Broadcasting Authority. He says his government felt... More
Vehicles donated to Samoa following tsunami sent back
RNZI Posted at 23:20 on 10 March, 2010 UTC Two vehicles brought into Samoa donated for families affected by the tsunami last year have been ordered to be sent back because they are too old. One... More
Slideshow: Print Auction for Samoa
FT.COM Published: March 9 2010 11:39 The Financial Times will be holding a photography auction on Tuesday 9th March in aid of Oxfam’s Samoan Tsunami Appeal. On September 29, 2009, an earthquak... More
Trauma experts help Samoa help themselves
TVNZ 9 MArch 2010 Kiwi trauma experts have found many Samoans caught up in last year's tsunami are still living in fear. A volunteer group of New Zealand therapists were so moved by Samoa's pli... More
TVNZ fined over Samoan gangs story
9 March 2010 TVNZ A One News item that claimed Samoa was "awash with drugs and guns" breached broadcast standards on balance, fairness, and accuracy, the Broadcasting Standards Authority has ruled... More
Local prosecutors invited to Samoa summit in May
Solomon Star News 7 March 2010 Samoa’s Attorney General Ming Leung Wai sent the invitation, asking for two reps from the DPP’s office here to attend. Director of Public Prosecution Ronald Bei T... More
Samoa rebuilds after devastating tsunami
ABC Australia By Sean Dorney 7 March 2010 A six-year old girl stands in disbelief in front of the remains of her tsunami-destroyed home in a village on Samoa's southern coast, October 1, 2009. (... More
Samoa Names Wider Traning Squad for Pacific Cup
SCOOP Friday, 5 March 2010, 5:11 pm Press Release: Event Polynesia Samoa Names Wider Traning Squad for Pacific Rugby Cup and Pacific Nations Cup Samoa rugby selectors have named a wider trai... More
TVNZ found in breach of broadcasting standards with Samoa drugs item
RNZI Posted at 04:45 on 05 March, 2010 UTC The Samoan government has welcomed a ruling by the New Zealand Broadcasting Standards Authority, which found that Television New Zealand breached standar... More
Samoa Mother and Baby Deaths Cannot be Blamed on Systemic Failure, Dr. Dean Insists
Topnews 4 March 2010 Samoa's National Health Service's General Manager has stressed that systemic failure is not to be blamed for the deaths of a mother and an unborn child recently on the island ... More
Couple on probation in Samoan adoption case adopt child
Sltrib 4 March 2010 A judge has granted a couple behind an international adoption scandal involving the placement of Samoan children with U.S. families leave to adopt a 5-year-old girl from China.... More
NGO in Samoa supports public discussion over punishment for sex offenders
RNZI Posted at 23:05 on 1 March, 2010 UTC A call by an MP in Samoa for sex offenders to be given two to three lashes in addition to each month of their jail sentence has been welcomed by an NGO wh... More
Samoa National Provident Fund former employee found guilty of stealing pensioners funds
RNZI Posted at 23:05 on 1 March, 2010 UTC A former employee of Samoa’s National Provident Fund, Tautai Fata, has been found guilty of two counts involving pension funds. He has been convicted o... More
Samoan government accused of taking too long to help rebuild tourist accommodation
RNZI Posted at 23:05 on 1 March, 2010 UTC The owners of Samoan fale accommodation, affected by last September’s tsunami, says it’s taken too long for government assistance to come through for rebu... More
Where the spirit survives
SMH 1 March 2010 Lumepa Apelu is almost apologetic, pointing to a menu of just a dozen items framed with flowers on the wall of her family's shiny new beach restaurant. On a quiet Monday in Januar... More
Tatupu made mark from Samoa to New England
28 Feb. 2010 By Dave Reardon Starbulletin A friend six years behind Mosi Tatupu at Punahou told me a story yesterday. He and another small sixth-grader were messing around with the blocking s... More
SUB: Dulable Japanese vehicle for the customer of Samoa.
To: Special valued customers of Samoa 27 Feb. 210 Dear Sir/Madam, We always appreciate your kind cooperation to us Autorec Enterprise Ltd. Today, I would like to offer some nice cars at t... More
We've got you covered at the NFL combine Buzz up!
27 Feb. 010 Bellinghamherald The News Tribune’s Eric D. Williams is in Indianapolis this week following the Seahawks and the rest of the NFL teams taking part in the league’s annual scouting combi... More
'Gathering Clouds' review: New Zealand dance company evokes life in Samoa and the South Pacific
Choreographer Neil Ieremia greeted the audience with a smile at the performance that Black Grace, his contemporary dance group from New Zealand, gave at the McCarter Theatre, in Princeton, on Tuesday.... More
Mosi Tatupu dies at 54
Boston.com 24 Feb. 2010 Mosi Tatupu, a fullback and special teams ace for the Patriots for 13 season, died at the age of 54. Tatupu, a native of America Samoa who played 13 seasons for the Patr... More
Samoan minister wins defamation case
RNZI Posted at 00:59 on 23 February, 2010 UTC Samoa’s Minister of Justice and Court administration has won a defamation case he brought against a woman who claimed he was drunk and driving on the ... More
Samoa nurses go public after Savaii outcry
RNZI 23 Feb. 2010 The President of Samoa’s Nurses Association is defending the profession after an expecting mother and her unborn baby died this month at a hospital on Savaii. Both died at Tua... More
FALEOMAVAEGA ASKS PRESIDENT OBAMA TO VISIT AMERICAN SAMOA
Washington, D.C. -- 21 Feb. 2010 Congressman Faleomavaega announced today that on February 2, 2010, one day after the White House announced that President Obama would be visiting Australia, Indon... More
Prime Minister to launch Samoa Tri Nations in New Zealand
Press release 19 Feb 2010 Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi has left the country to participate in the launching of The Samoa Tri Nations 2010 in Auckland, New Zealand on 19 February 201... More
BARBARIAN NAMES TEAM FOR FIRST GAME
17 Feb. 2010 Source: eventpolynesia.com Samoa Barbarian names its teams to take on Aotearoa Samoa in the first round of the Samoa Tri Nations tournament this Saturday 20 February at Waitemata Ru... More
Calls in Samoa for dog control to be introduced
RNZI Posted at 22:45 on 17 February, 2010 UTC A vet at Samoa’s Animal Protection Society, APS, is calling for laws around dog control to be introduced this year, requiring all dogs to be registere... More
Pacific Press Release – Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment
Pacific Scoop Programme, 17 February 2010 In less than 24 hours after traps were laid in Samoa, a male mongoose was caught. However, the island nation is not relaxing the effort yet as this may no... More
Thank you very much for your support to Autorec Enterprise, Ltd.
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USA SEVENS RUGBY TOURNAMENT: Samoa tops Kiwis in championship
15 feb. 2010 lvrj The United States wasn't the only country that fed off the crowd Sunday at the USA Sevens rugby tournament at Sam Boyd Stadium. Samoa also was inspired by the 18,000 fans in a... More
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Green Business: Samoa's organic bananas making NZ inroads
12 feb. 2010 NZ Herald Samoa's organic banana exports are set to get a boost from a new partnership between a New Zealand food company and a Samoan women's group. Chris Morrison, co-owner of Al... More
Arizona adds a Samoan football recruit, extending a rich tradition
Tucsoncitizen 12 Feb. 2010 Offensive lineman Conan Amituanai is one of the current Wildcats with Polynesian ties. His uncle is UA defensive coordinator Mike Tuiasosopo/2007 Tucson Citizen photo T... More
Miss Samoa resigns after questions about her Samoan identity
RNZI Posted at 03:52 on 11 February, 2010 UTC Miss Samoa, Tusisalei’a Hope Pomele, announced her resignation from the role at a press conference in Apia yesterday. This comes only a few months ... More
Battle on to keep Sevens in Wellington
February 09, Indian Weekender Online Fiji on centre stage after their Wellington Sevens win over Samoa last weekend. photos: Satendra KumarThe fight has begun to keep the Wellington Sevens Rugby Tou... More
Growing concern over presence of the mongoose in Samoa
09 February, 2010 UTC There’s growing concern in Samoa among farmers for their crops after a number of mongoose sightings in the Aleipata district. The area’s coastline was badly damaged by the ... More
Filmed on the island of Samoa
9 Feb 2010 - The Daily Advertiser Back in 2007, James Clement was a quiet, shy grave digger, a self-employed Lafayette man who worked security and bartended on the side. Now, he's one of the most ... More
Lancaster to make second bid for American Samoa seat in DC
09 February, UTC Fualaau Rosie Tago Lancaster is making a second bid to become American Samoa’s delegate to the United States Congress. She has announced her intention to campaign for the congr... More
Fiji beats Samoa 19-14 to win New Zealand Sevens; Canada losses in quarter-final
7 Feb 2010 By Steve Mcmorran (CP) – 13 hours ago WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Fiji beat Samoa 19-14 in the final of the New Zealand International Sevens on Saturday to close in on the overall lead of... More
Moderate earthquake strikes off the Samoa Islands, no damage reporte
APIA, SAMOA (BNO NEWS) 7 Feb 2010 A moderate earthquake struck off the Samoa Islands on Saturday morning, seismologists said. The earthquake, which had a preliminary magnitude of 5.6, struck abo... More
England, NZ, Fiji, Samoa on top at New Zealand 7s
Taiwan News 5 Feb. 2010 England, Samoa, New Zealand and Fiji have each won all their games to finish top of their pools on the first day of the New Zealand International rugby sevens tournament. ... More
Fiji Slips in Samoa rain
Fiji Times 4 Feb. 2010 THE Samoan Womens National team have taken a 1-0 lead in the 3 match series that started today in Apia, Samoa, with the winner of the series to progress to the 2010 Pepsi IC... More
Samoan students want a good read
Stuff 2 feb. 2010 A shelf of books may be all that makes up a school library in Samoa and more are needed, says an Auckland librarian. For the last two years, Auckland University library’s Pas... More
Government give $5 Million funding assistance for Private and Mission schools
Gov. Press release 31 Jan. 2010 Cabinet ha approved the distribution of $5 million as funding assistance for Private and mission schools, Continuing Education and Early Childhood Education Centre ... More
Helping with Hope
Stuff 2 Feb. 2010 Alhtough the news reports of tsunami-ravaged Samoa have faded away, the clean-up is still going on in the devastated regions. Nelson Marlborough District Health Board health... More
US$100 voucher for your new car at Autorec Japan
Press release 31 Jan. 2010 To all esteemed customers, Dear Sir/Madam, Talofa Lava!! We opend the new site for the customers of West Samoa. From 1st FEB to 28th FEB, we would like to offer ths ... More
CNR/Land Grant Aids Quarantine in Fruit Fly Case
ASCC Press Release Tuesday, January 31, 2010 By ASCC Staff During a routine baggage inspection at the airport, American Samoa Department of Agriculture Quarantine Officer Eddie Eary discovere... More
ASCC/SSI Students Participate in Innovate ePathways Project
By James Kneubuhl, ASCC Press Officer 31 Jan. 2010 Students from several Samoan Studies Institute (SSI) classes at the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) will take part this semester in an i... More
Aussie travellers returning to Samoa
SMH 28 Ja. 2010 Samoa is back on the radar among Aussie travellers just four months after a devastating tsunami claimed the lives of 143 people, Sydney-based travel agent Jamie Strickland says. ... More
Obesity problem alarming in Samoa
Xinhuanet 28 Ja. 2010 WELLINGTON, Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- Statistics about obesity in the Pacific island nation of Samoa were alarming and the Ministry of Health was moving to tackle the problem. A... More