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Samoa’s Under 17 Women’s Team for the World Cup
Samoa Global News
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August 19, 2025
By: Leota Marc Membrere, Govt Press. Samoa’s football team that will be flying our colours at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup Morocco 2025 games have been named. The team will be competing at the 9th edition of the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup...
Papalii Sia Figiel’s Murder Trial Underway in Supreme Court of Samoa
Samoa Global News
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August 19, 2025
The murder trial of prominent Samoan contemporary novelist, playwright, poet and painter, Papalii Sia Figiel, is underway in the Supreme Court of Samoa with Prosecution calling their first witnesses on Monday morning. Papalii is charged with the...
Samoa schools continue closure
Samoa News
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August 18, 2025
TONGA KING MOVES TO CONTROL FOREIGN AFFAIRS There are growing concerns in Tonga about the King's plan to remove oversight of a critical ministry from democratic control and place it under the Palace Office. King Tupou VI has never made any secret...
Women’s Rugby World Cup’s brutal reality: Samoa players fundraising costs
The Guardian
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August 18, 2025
The Women’s Rugby World Cup will make a glitzy start on Friday night in front of a global TV audience, but a Guardian survey of the 16 competing nations has discovered the brutal financial reality for many athletes taking part. Half of the...
Southern Cross sees rise in travel illness claims
Insurance Business
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“Sadly, in popular destinations such as Indonesia, the Cook Islands, Nepal, Vanuatu, the Philippines, and Samoa, dengue fever is affecting locals and travellers, with some tragic consequences for families,” she said.
Two weeks to Samoa poll
Islands Business
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August 18, 2025
TOURISM Fiji has announced that its Tourism Exchange (FTE) will return on March 27-28, 2026, uniting the global travel trade, media, and Fiji’s tour operators. The event will allow for business networking and knowledge sharing while showcasing...
Holidaymakers urged to make a vital check with their GP before jetting off
Daily Mail
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August 13, 2025
British travellers are being warned to double-check their vaccinations are in order at least six weeks before jetting off on holiday. According to the NHS, holidaymakers are advised to make an appointment with their GP or at a private travel...
101,981 to vote in Samoa general election
Pacific News Service
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Samoa Electoral Commissioner Toleafoa Tuiafelolo John Stanley has confirmed that 101,981 voters are cleared to vote in the 29 August 2025 upcoming election. The final number was confirmed after the removal of the names of the deceased and those...
School calendar set to change in Samoa as schools closed for another week
RNZ
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August 14, 2025
Photo: 123RF Samoa's Ministry of Education and Culture chief executive A'eau Christopher Hazelman says the school term calendar is set to change due to prolonged dengue-related closures. Primary school students in Samoa will have a fourth week of...
How to watch Women’s Rugby World Cup 2025: TV & streaming guide
Rugby World
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August 19, 2025
The best teams on the planet head to England for this year’s Women’s Rugby World Cup Watch the Women’s Rugby World Cup as the best teams on the planet head to England to battle for the trophy. New Zealand are looking to make it three wins in a row...
Tauranga vet Mariska Chalmers aids Tonga animals with SPAW charity
The New Zealand Herald
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August 19, 2025
“She told me there were medicines to make them better, and that’s what a vet does.” Chalmers said from a “very young age” she began rescuing all sorts of animals, including earthworms and birds that fell out of nests. She also volunteered at the...
Holiday hotspots report cases of organ destroying virus sparking global outbreak fears in China
The Scottish Sun
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August 8, 2025
SOME favourite holiday destinations for Brits are now hotspots for a crippling mosquito-borne virus, new figures reveal. Chikungunya, which is rarely deadly but capable of wreaking havoc on organs and causing agonising, months-long pain and...
Lakapi Samoa officially launches new logo
Samoa Observer
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The Caretaker Prime Minister and the Chairman of Lakapi Samoa has unveiled the rugby union governing body's new logo as well as official name. The unveiling of the new logo and name of Samoa Rugby Union by Tuilaepa Dr. Sa'ilele Malielegaoi was...
Court allows family to travel as sentencing is deferred
Talamua
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August 11, 2025
By Lagi Keresoma/ Apia, Samoa – 11 August 2025: Members of the Seugamalo Uele Hurrell family have been allowed to leave Samoa as their sentencing date is deferred to May 2026. Seugamalo and three members of his family were found guilty of several...
Dengue fever outbreak: Sixth child dies in Samoa, NZ medical team arrives in Apia
The New Zealand Herald
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August 11, 2025
In the last week of July and first few days of August, three children perished. Of those three deaths, two were brothers - a 9-year-old who died three days before his 2-year-old sibling also succumbed to the disease. In a heartbreaking post shared...
‘We do it differently’ — why Red Roses are touring England in bid to conquer world
The Times
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When England hosted the 2010 Women’s Rugby World Cup, every fixture bar the semi-finals and finals took place at Surrey Sports Park in Guildford, across two pitches. At the time, the national side were anchored in London and its suburbs. That is...
Sāmoa Prime Minister addresses surge in dengue fever cases
Pacific Media Network
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Sāmoa’s caretaker Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa has addressed the growing dengue outbreak, following the recent deaths of children and a significant spike in confirmed cases in a week. “To date, there have been four confirmed and one...
Dengue fever crisis: I caught it in Samoa and was lucky to survive
The New Zealand Herald
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August 9, 2025
Tears streamed down my face. I was struggling to breathe without swallowing blood, but I wasn’t crying just about that. I was crying because Mum was crying. It was 1995 and I was 8 years old. My Dad and I had arrived home from a holiday in Samoa...
Breaking: Samoa to Host 2026 IWF Weightlifting World Cup – 70 Nations, 500 Athletes Set to Descend on Apia
Samoa Global News
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August 8, 2025
8 August 2025, Apia, Samoa – In a historic announcement made today, Samoa has been officially confirmed as the host nation for the 2026 International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Cup, to be held from 23 April to 2 May 2026. The news was...
Heartwarming efforts by community help bring missing Sāmoa woman home safely
Pacific Media Network
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The family of a 75-year-old Sāmoan woman with dementia, who went missing after leaving her Glen Innes home alone earlier this week, says they are “eternally grateful” to the community for helping her return home safely. Her daughter, Rina...