Samoa is Under Water
Roads in and out of Samoa’s capital Apia are now in lockdown and all public service workers have been released to return home as heavy rain causes widespread flooding. Police have blocked off all ...Read more
Disaster
Cyclone Yasa expected to Hit Fiji Tomorrow
A lead forecaster at Fiji’s Meteorological Service says Cyclone Yasa has the strength to potentially wipe out villages in the coming days. The public is being warned to prepare to be hit by a ...Read more
No Response From DPS on Crash & Gun Toting Cops
There’s still no comment from Commissioner of Public Safety Le’i Sonny Thompson concerning an incident in Vaitogi early Sunday morning in which cops were reported to have aimed weapons at a ...Read more
Samoa Awaits Facts on Palolo-Linked Death in Fiji
The Fisheries Division of the Samoa Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries says there is no need for alarm after reports of a man who died in Fiji after eating palolo, the coral spurning delicacy ...Read more
Survivor of Fire Truck Crash Making Good Recovery
Fireman Ta’ita’ifono “Tinei” Igafo, one of the survivors of the tragic accident that claimed the lives of two firefighters on April 30th, 2020 in Afono, has been transported ...Read more
Seasonal Worker Killed in Traffic Accident in NZ
A Samoan man in his late thirties is dead and 10 others are injured after a horror crash on the Napier-Taupo highway between a van and a truck. Police say the van was carrying RSE workers who were ...Read more
SGA puts Spotlight on Cyber-Bullying & Suicide
The Student Government Association (SGA) at the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) recently held a forum on cyber-bullying and suicide, two issues of increasing concern to both students and ...Read more
Remembering Businessman & Former Faipule Su’a Carl Schuster
When Su’a Carl Schuster retired after a successful career in the US Airforce and Navy, he moved back and started a whole new life in politics, business and community service here at home. He was ...Read more
What Role Does DYWA Play?
With the number of young lives taken by suicide this year, attention has turned to the ASG Department that’s supposed to provide services for the youth, the Department of Youth and Women ...Read more
Dr. Saleapaga: Too Many Lives Lost to Suicide
Two young lives were lost to suicide on the same day this week. The deaths were confirmed by Chief Medical Officer of the LBJ Hospital Dr. Iotamo Saleapaga who said, “We have a suicide ...Read more
