St. Joseph’s rugby ban lifted

The four-year rugby ban placed on St. Joseph’s College has been lifted, according to school principal Anne-Marie Letuuga Tauiliili-Li’a, who confirmed the decision to the Samoa Observer.

By Sulamanaia Manaui Faulalo • 13 November 2025, 5:00PM

Are we allowing violence in our homes to become a norm?

A woman was put through cruel physical and mental anguish by her husband’s relatives. That woman is someone’s daughter, sister, mother and granddaughter. How would you feel if your loved one was beaten, kidnapped and treated worse than an animal?

By The Editorial Board • 13 November 2025, 7:00PM

Ta'i's Take. The early days of journalism in Samoa

Things were well settled down between the government and the press since the flux of the first change of government in 1970 under the reserved Tupua Tamasese Dr Lealofi IV, before power reverted to Fiame Mataafa Faumuina Mulinu'u II, our first prime minister.

By Seuseu Faalogo • 01 November 2025, 6:00PM

Samoa government response: Strengthening Samoa’s health system beyond short-term supply challenges

The Samoa Observer editorial, 11 November 2025, titled “Building hospitals when the medicine cabinet is empty”, raises legitimate public concern about the availability of medicines and supplies across our health facilities.

12 November 2025, 1:20PM

Between the Lines

The police are hiring, top guns resign, good people still around, creatures of habit, the aftermath of the heavy rain and promises still to come.

13 November 2025, 9:00PM