Samoa

The mock debate was about the 10 percent increase in the number of parliamentary seats for women.

The original topic of debate was same sex marriage but it was dropped after concerns were raised at a weekend workshop.

The suspended FIFA President was bestowed the chiefly title of Toleafoa while on a visit to Samoa and the playing arena was named the Toleafoa Joseph Sepp Blatter Football Fields in his honour.

FFS President Laupama Tokan Solomona says Blatter is taking his appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, so they will wait until everything in FIFA is settled before discussing the issue.

Parker, a 24-year-old Samoan New Zealander, has never been beaten in 16 professional bouts, while the 31-year-old Bergman has won 16 of his last 18 fights.

RNZ International's correspondent in Apia, Autagavaia Tipi Autagavaia, says villagers have decorated the road from the airport to the capital to celebrate Parker's first fight in Samoa.

A 43 year old man has been charged with negligent driving causing injuries.

The fundraising appeal is in response to the plight of stall holders and small market vendors whose livelihoods were destroyed when the ‘Savalalo Market’ in Apia, Samoa was completely burned to the ground on Saturday evening 16th January 2016.

The associate director for the college of foundational studies in USP Fiji, Susan Sela commended the young scholars.

"There is about $16 million tala of allocated budget for unforeseen expenditures, that’s about 3% of the government budget, this is exactly what these fundings are for," said leader Palusalue Faapo II.

The ruling on Monday comes as the police near completion of a separate criminal investigation against the speaker of Parliament, and two other directors of a nonu juice company.

Peseta, who is the associate minister and MP for Faasaleleaga number 4 constituency, is accused of forging a signature of a nonu juice company director on a dissolution form, for the transfer of his son's shares under his name.

Romeo Misipati, who was released from prison last year after serving one year of a two-year sentence for grievous bodily harm and ill-treatment of a child, has won an immigration case against deportation to Samoa.

The Immigration and Protection Tribunal in Auckland decided in September that Misipati, in his early 30s, should remain in New Zealand with his wife and four children.

In its decision, released on Tuesday, the tribunal decided it was in the public interest for the father-of-four to remain in New Zealand and be reintegrated into the family home.  

This is Finau’s second tour with the official organizer, PGA Tour, in its first full-field event for 2016.