Samoa

Loau says he believes it’s time for sporting bodies to move on.

“However, we can’t do that without the advisory of the panel of presidents of each sporting association,” he said.

A special policy conference was launched today for all heads of sporting bodies to discuss this very issue.

“It should have been something for us to do however, we still felt the government had a very big contribution to our sports. This time around we strongly believe they should be privatized,” he added.

Stanley is currently working as a secretary at Natural Foods International Incorporated, but says makeup is her passion.

Stanley studied at Samoa Primary school and Faatuatua College.

She went on to pursue tertiary studies at National University of Samoa.

“I studied science all my life, but makeup and cosmetics, that’s my profession and passion,” Stanley said.

“I have worked with makeup for three years now and it’s my biggest goal to set up my own makeup studio somewhere. I just love it and there’s a huge demand for it in Samoa,” she said.

The Pacific Islanders visit Edinburgh on the weekend of 11 November for what will be Gregor Townsend's first home fixture as head coach.

Scotland takes on the All Blacks the following weekend.

Australia completes the trio of internationals on the weekend of 25 November.

Glasgow Warriors boss Townsend will succeed national head coach Vern Cotter this summer. His first task will be leading Scotland on their June tour of Australia.

In a speech to parliament, the Prime Minister Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi revealed that the Attorney General's office is drafting a new legislation for the separation as well as the formation of a commission to administrate and make guidelines for judges.

RNZ reports Tuila'epa strongly criticised the judges of the Lands and Titles court for not accepting the parliamentary committee's request for them to appear before the inquiry.

The young food innovators drew their inspiration from the Pacific and formed OLelei, the home of New Zealand’s best almond products.

According to the 17 year old Managing Director Matt Billington, since OLelei is two-thirds Pasefika, they thought that it would be a good way to pay respects to their heritage.

“By using the word (Samoan) 'OLelei' with the rough translation to 'good' we believe this stands for all our products. Not only do they taste good but they are good for you,” Billington said. 

Vidot has returned to the NRL via the Gold Coast Titans after a stint with English Super League club Salford and has clearly stated his two goals for 2017.

The first is to win a spot in Samoa’s squad for the 15th edition of the rugby league showpiece tournament.

The 26-year-old was part of the island nation’s charge to the quarter-finals at the 2013 World Cup. All up he has scored five tries in nine Test matches, the last of which being an 18-16 win over fierce rivals Tonga nearly two years ago.

RNZ reports the offence took place at the bank's branch in the Vaitele industrial area.

The defendant stole the money after she had altered the amount already entered by one of the employees on the tally system that records the bank's daily transaction.

The presiding judge Mata Tuatagaloa said the offending was pre-meditated and the defendant had no arrangements with her former employer to pay back the money.

The court has ordered that she be eligible for parole after serving 18 months of her three-year jail sentence.

The outage was caused by issues in connectivity with the satellite link and resulted in impacts on a number of services including data. The Digicel team immediately responded to ensure all services were restored as soon as possible.

The women are from one of the villages in the Tuamasaga District on Upolu.

Police spokesperson Su’a Muliaga Tiumalu says charges of infanticide, concealing the death of a newborn baby and party to an offense could be filed against the two suspects.

“The police must be aware of whenever anyone dies so that way we can find out if their death was of natural cause or deliberate. However, in this case the two accused failed to report to police about the death of the baby,” said Su’a.

The Japanese team wanted some physical contact in a game situation and they got plenty of that from the eager Samoan squad, who don't mind hitting hard in the tackles.

Both teams have strong Bay of Plenty links.

Samoa are coached by Sir Gordon Tietjens with Japan under former Steamers backs Damian Karauna (head coach) and Steve Miln (assistant coach).

Bay of Plenty sevens rep Danny Kayes is the latest connection with the talented ball runner called into the Samoan squad following the Bayleys National Sevens held in Rotorua last weekend.