By Alan Ah Mu APIA: TUESDAY 19 FEBRUARY 2013:  Georgia wants closer ties to the Pacific and today asked Samoa’s help to achieve that. At the presentation of his credentials as Georgia’s first Ambassador to Samoa today, Vladimir Konstantinidi, said Samoa’s help in “obtaining some sort of partnership status within the Pacific Islands Forum,” would [...]

By Aiga Tofilau APIA: FRIDAY 2nd NOVEMBER 2012: The Chairman of the Samoa Rugby Union and Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi today acknowledged the businesses and sponsors that provided $1.2 million that funded the Manu Samoa current Northern Hemisphere Tour. The Samoa International Finance Centre (SIFA) put in $400,000, Digicel Company donated $300,000 the International [...]

By Aiga Tofilau APIA: WEDNESDAY 31 OCTOBER 2012: The eight old boy from Uafato, Fagaloa who played with a gun that went off and killed his five year old cousin last week, cannot be charged as he is too young. The deceased is James Seuga, who was visiting from New Zealand with his mother and [...]

By Aiga Tofilau APIA: TUESDAY 30 OCTOBER 2012: A 33 year old Sports Coach is now serving a 15 years jail sentence after pleading guilty to two counts of rape and one of unlawful sexual intercourse with his step-daughter. Supreme Court Judge Pierre Slicer noted from Court documents that the girl involved was pregnant when [...]

By Aiga Tofilau APIA: THURSDAY 18 OCTOBER 2012: A 23 year old male of Matautu, Lefaga, Tasi Pepe Keneti has been charged for the murder of his 21 year old sister Olive Pepe Keneti. The incident happened at Samoa Trust Estates Corporation plantation at Mulifanua. The accused worked at the plantation and his sister stayed [...]