By Seiuli Francis Vainalepa/ Canberra, AUSTRALIA – 16 April 2026: The State of the Pacific Conference 2026 stands as a...
By Esther Yvonne Atonio/ Apia, SAMOA – 24 March 2026: Samoa Observer senior reporter Marieta Heidi Ilalio was arrested and charged by Police with defamation today....
Apia, SAMOA – 13 March 2026 – Samoa’s longest serving Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition, Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, his Deputy Lauofo Pierre Lauofo and...
Apia, SAMOA – 21 February 2026 – The Samoa Police, Prisons and Corrections Service (SPPCS) has unequivocally rejected the central allegation of a Samoa Observer newspaper...
Apia, SAMOA – 9 February 2026 – In a remarkable feat of modern journalism, Samoa’s Attorney General was recently reported to be heading to Fiji on...
Staff Reporters/ Apia, SAMOA – 27 January 2026 – The BBC Samoa Audience Survey 2025 findings released in Apia last November said of the Samoa Observer...
Apia, SAMOA – 26 January 2026 – Well respected Samoan journalist Ms. Lagi Keresoma has been appointed News Editor of Talamua Media’s multi-media network. The appointment...
By Lagi Keresoma/ Apia, SAMOA – 10 December 2025: District Court Judge Papalii Alalatoa Rosella Papalii has issued an order prohibiting the screening of the Maota...
Apia, Samoa – 24 November 2025 – The statement from the national media association of Samoa – JAWS says the temporary ban on the Samoa Observer...
Apia, Samoa – 23 November 2025: The ban on the Samoa Observer newspaper, is not a ban on media freedom – it is a response to...
