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New $16M Court House Complex in Savai’i Breaks Ground

By Jeannie Penehuro/ Apia, SAMOA -13 May 2026 – The construction of a $16.1 million tala Court House Complex for Savaii is in progress after the...

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Double murderer Pokati Tu’u sentenced to life imprisonment

By Lagi Keresoma/ Apia, SAMOA – 8 May 2026 – Double murderer, Muaava Pokati Tu’u has been sentenced to life imprisonment after a panel of Assessors...

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Court again denies Samuelu Sua’s application for bail

By Lagi Keresoma/ Apia, SAMOA – 8 May 2026: The District Court Senior Judge, Talasa Atoa Saaga has again denied Samuelu Su’a’s request for bail and...

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Tuilaepa ordered to refrain from discussing defamation case on social media

By Lagi Keresoma/ Apia, SAMOA – 05 May 2026: The District Court Senior Judge, Talasa Atoa Saaga has ordered former Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi to...

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Judge tells Prosecutor not to let Complainant tell her how to do her job

By Lagi Keresoma/ Apia, SAMOA – 02 May 2026: The District Court Judge Papalii Rosella Alalatoa has denied counsel Magele Leone Sua’s application to withdraw as...

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Murder accused Muaau Pokati denies telling cop to shoot him

By Lagi Keresoma/ Apia, SAMOA – 02 May 2026: The man accused of killing Detective Sergeant Peniamina Perite, has denied asking Police Constable Jordan Sale to...

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Maota o Viiga hosts apply to quash charges against them

By Lagi Keresoma/ Apia, SAMOA – 30 April 2026: The Australia based social media influencers using the Maota o Viiga platform have lodged an application to...

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22 witnesses in the double murder trial of Pokati Tu’u

By Lagi Keresoma/ Apia, SAMOA – 30 April 2026: The trial of Muaau Pokati Tu’u charged with double murder started yesterday with police calling 22 witnesses....

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Police ask court to admit the late Sia Figiel’s affidavit as evidence

By Lagi Keresoma/ Apia, SAMOA – 24 April 2026: Police have applied to the Court to accept the late Papalii Sia Figiel’s affidavit as hearsay evidence...