The Samoan community in Sydney is still buzzing a week after Punialavaa and soccer legend Tim Cahill were presented with Role Model Awards during the 10th Anniversary of LJU Media and the Samoan Sports Star Show FM89.3.
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Samoa’s famous 30-metres deep giant swimming hole To Sua has been featured on the Architecture & Design, a famous social media page followed by 30.17 million people all over the world.
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Fasitoo-uta Primary School is the latest beneficiary of Australia’s Direct Aid Program (D.A.P) receiving 200 sets of desks and chairs valued at $40,000.
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Sometimes a little inspiration goes a long way.
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Manpower in Samoa’s health sector has been given a major boost with the graduation of 81 nurses and midwives.
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was written and adopted by the United Nations in 1948, exactly seventy years ago this week.
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Statistics are not all you need to look at when analysing why there is an increasing number of children abuse incidents, says New Zealand-based film director, Paula Whetu Jones.
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The Minister of Education, Sports and Culture, Loau Keneti Sio, says parents and elders should do more to listen to their children and give them space to express themselves. Speaking to the Samoa Observer at the 70th anniversary celebrations in honour of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Minister said while children should respect their elders, there could be more reciprocity.
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Tunufai Ah Leong from Leauva’a and Fagamalo has made his family very proud this Christmas.
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His humble beginnings growing up in a cane farm in the western part of Fiji was the trial that motivated outgoing vice chancellor of the University of the South Pacific, Professor Rajesh Chand to strive for excellence.
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Samoan NRL rugby league star, Martin Taupau, who plays for New Zealand, is in the country.
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The Christmas season is almost upon us, and while the preparations begin for family gatherings, spare a thought for Samoa’s mentally ill, who won’t be celebrating at home this year.
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Two Digicel customers have won the chance to see Samoa’s Lupesoliai Joseph Parker in action this weekend.
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The call from the Chairman of the National Council of Churches for Samoans to return to God cannot be the only way to end domestic violence.
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Member of the Council of Deputies and Apia paramount chief, Tuiletufuga Le Mamea Ropati, agrees the village council should penalise anyone involved in drugs. Responding to concerns expressed recently by Supreme Court Justice Vui Clarence Nelson, Tuiletufuga said he was not aware the matter was raised in Court last week until the story was published in a newspaper.
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A Science student, who wants to become a doctor, is Avele College’s top student for 2018. Seventeen-year-old Afatia Ioakimi from Solosolo celebrated sweet success yesterday, having being named Dux during the school’s end of year prize giving.
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Nine Church Ministers from the Congregational Christian Church of Samoa made their first appearance in the District Court yesterday. The hearing of the matter between the Ministry of Revenue and the Church Ministers was presided over by Judge Talasa Lumepa Atoa Sa'aga.
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The Pacific Games Office has confirmed that the Methodist Church of Samoa’s Faleula compound will be used to accommodate athletes and team officials for the XVI Pacific Games.
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A lot has been said about what denotes successful regionalism in the Pacific, and more often the University of the South Pacific has been at the forefront of it.
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The tourism and hospitality industry in Samoa gathered last week to brainstorm on ideas to improve the industry.
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Think a minute…Years ago many white southerners in America treated black, African Americans in horrible, evil ways. Yet there were some southern whites who were different. One of these was the Chisholm family in Laurel, Mississippi.
I’ve been asked to shed light on the emerging challenges of Human Rights in Samoa/ and the approach of the country in addressing them/ in approximately four to five minutes. ---I know you are keen to see the movie, so I will aim for three minutes.
P.M. on Church leaders It seems Prime Minister Tuilaepa can’t leave members of clergy alone. During a radio programme last week, he had plenty to say about Church Ministers. For instance, he reminded them that Church Ministers were only taught on spiritual matters, not on Economics.
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