Samoa News

Police in Samoa are hunting a bus driver who took off after he crashed and killed eight people.

American Samoa artista s Ekredible and RasMas. They just came back last week from a oe I love Samoaa tsunami relief concert that was held in Apia on Oct 31.

Six weeks on from the devastating Samoa tsunami, Oxfam and its Samoan partner organisation, Women in Business, are helping affected families to rebuild their livelihoods through organic agriculture for niche export markets.

The University of California, Berkeley, has signed an agreement with the Samoan government to isolate from an indigenous tree the gene for a promising anti-AIDS drug and to share any royalties from sale of a gene-derived drug with the people of Samoa.

The following is the full text of the testimony offered on Nov. 4, 2009 before the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife Hearing on H.R. 3583, the American Samoa Protection of Industry, Resources and Employment Act by Eni F.H. Faleomavaega, American Samoa Delegate to Congress.

Staff Sgt. Fanuaee Fea, 32, comforts Savannah Green, 23, outside the main gate after a shooting at Fort Hood, Texas on Thursday, Nov.

Congressman Faleomavaega yesterday offered his personal congratulations to Lt. Col. Leafaina Olive Tavai-Yahn for her selection for promotion to Colonel in the U.S. Army.

IT is my hope that the Fiji Rugby Union can take a cue from an excellent initiative taken by its Samoan counterparts.

Tuesday, 3 November 2009, 4:26 pm Press Release: World Bank APIA, November 2, 2009- Juan Jose Daboub, Managing Director of the World Bank, today announced that the World Bank will double its financial contribution to Samoa, from USD 20 million to USD 40 million, in order to help the country respond to the recent devastating tsunami.

AFTERMATH: New Zealand Prime Minister John Key amid tsunami damage to Lalomanu Beach, Samoa.

Apia, 2 November 2009. - " Almost 3,000 people, many of them children, are still relying on roadside delivery of water a month after a tsunami hit Samoa.

Pava'ia'i Elementary School K-5 students and their teacher Mrs. Moi, yesterday, when the class celebrated Halloween in their classroom.

Samoa faces a medical crisis in the wake of the tsunami with the discovery of dangerous levels of drug resistant organisms which could lead to hundreds of amputations, a medical expert warns.

Visitors to our islands as well as local residents will be pleased to hear that Part Three of "A History of American Samoa" will be aired on KVZK TV this Saturday at 7:00 p.m. Written and directed by Dr.

Taulealeausumai explains tsunami relief delivery procedures at DMO headquarters Tuanaimato.

New Zealand medical support to tsunami-struck Samoa is being wound down. With no new tsunami-related cases reported at Apia's hospital in the past two weeks Health Minister Tony Ryall says care is now largely being handed over to local health agencies.

The independent nation of Samoa has been congratulated for supporting the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, or UNDRIP.

Apia , 25 October 2009. - " The UN Children's Fund is urgently supporting the return of tsunami-affected children to pre-school in what may be a forgotten chapter of Samoa 's recent disaster.

Nearly a month after Samoa was devastated by a tsunami, scores of families are huddled under tarpaulins without enough food or water as accusations mount that aid is not getting through.

Senator Daniel Akaka of Hawaii shakes hands with Dr. Tapaautasi Erika Puni. Looking on are representatives of the National Conference of State Societies and president of the American Samoa Society, Mrs.