16+ hour, 6+ min ago   (408+ words) Dr Upolu Luma Vaai, a Samoan professor of theology and ethics and Vice-Chancellor of Pasifika Communities University, has warned that instability in Pacific parliaments is threatening peace and regional stability as Samoa joins the Pacific Inter-Parliamentary Assembly as a full…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (332+ words) The admission by Lise Schmidt, relative and chief spokesperson of Prime Minister Laaulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt, to misleading the police and attempting to pervert the course of justice is making national and regional headlines. Ms. Schmidt admitted to the Courts that…...

1+ week, 8+ hour ago   (186+ words) Some loyal ruling party supporters are still struggling with a certain guilty plea to 10 charges. Now some are even vilifying the defendant. Come on, seriously? As someone put it, if you didn’t see it coming from the beginning, perhaps that’s…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (580+ words) Pacific countries have the plans to deal with growing security threats, but leaders now need the political will to turn those commitments into action. That was the message from Pacific leaders and regional experts at a side event of the…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (511+ words) A new regional report has warned fuel shocks, rising living costs and employment constraints can develop into wider social and political security problems across Pacific Island countries. The 2026 Pacific Peace and Security Dialogue report said economic security could not be…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (650+ words) The surprises from this Government just keep coming. We now know FAST deputy leader Leota Laki Lamositele Sio has been Chief Adviser to Prime Minister Laaulialemalietoa Leuatea Schmidt since May 18, earning $129,393 a year. Only weeks ago, the public also learnt…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1592+ words) There is a famous saying often credited to Abraham Lincoln: “You can fool some people some of the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.” The sentiment conveys a powerful lesson for any democracy, in that,…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (225+ words) A customer thought Christmas had come early when a local bank receipt showed about $200 more than expected. Another transaction was quickly attempted and boom, the extra money was nowhere to be found. Turns out the receipt was telling a richer…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (877+ words) Let us first understand what Maiava Atalina Ainuu-Enari was actually selected for. The New Zealand Prime Minister’s Fellowship for Samoa was established by Prime Minister Helen Clark in 2005. It was not created as a holiday. It was created to strengthen…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (508+ words) Samoa’s public service is built on integrity, professionalism, expertise, and a duty to serve the nation—not the political interests of the government of the day. That is why the decision by the Prime Minister and Cabinet not to allow…...