Oceania Samoa The country is waiting for the outcome of court cases relating to the April elections to be resolved after the Supreme Court met to determine the legality of Parliament's non-traditional oath of office held under a tent in the car park
Oceania Samoa A power outage in Upolu exposed the vulnerabilities of Moto'otua National Hospital's emergency power supply, as the backup generator failed to kick in, leaving the facility without electricity for an hour earlier this week
Oceania Samoa Cervical cancer, which is currently the sixth most common form of cancer in Samoa, is the object of attention of the ministry, working on a new vaccination programme
Oceania Samoa The Ministry of the Prime Minister and Cabinet condemned the views expressed in a forged e-mail supposedly from the Prime Minister, Fiame Naomi Mata'afa, addressed to members of the Fa'atuatua ile Atua Samoa ua Tasi party
Oceania Samoa Samoa consolidated its place in the history of the Miss Pacific Islands pageant, emerging as the country with the most crowns since the regional competition began in 1987, as Miss Samoa Litara Ieremia-Allan won at 38th Miss Pacific Islands pageant