A Samoan man sentenced to prison for burglary and theft spent nearly five more years behind bars than he needed to because of an administrative error, according to a report.

Police in Samoa say they have captured one more prison escapee with 15 of around 29 who staged a mass breakout from the Tanumalala prison last night still at large.

The measles outbreak in Samoa is a stark and sad illustration of what can happen when the agents of fear and misinformation persuade parents to shun childhood vaccinations.

Published Jul 08, 2020 at 12:14 PM EDT Updated Jul 08, 2020 at 12:25 PM EDT. By ...

A Royal New Zealand Navy vessel ran aground and sank off Samoa but all 75 crew and passengers on board were safe, the New Zealand Defense Force said in a statement on Sunday.

Serial criminal and three-time prison escapee Lauitiiti Tualima is behind bars, for now at least. Photo / Channel 9. It's billed as an idyllic South Pacific tourist paradise, but Australian couple ...

Evelyn Langford 49, of Copperas Cove, Texas, was sentenced to 22 months in prison and ordered to pay $260,000 in restitution for her convictions for wire fraud and bribery, announced U.S. Attorney ...

The Commissioner of Samoa's Prison Services, Taito Edward Winterstein, has resigned as government moves to place the administration of Samoa's prisons under the Police Department.

Of Samoa’s population of 200,000, more than 5,700 were infected and 83 died, many of them young children. Hospitals were overrun, and the nation declared a state of emergency.

A Commission of Inquiry investigating corruption at Samoa's Tafaigata prison will begin next week. Sine Lafaialii, counsel assisting in the investigations, says sexual misconduct, mismanagement ...

OAKLAND, Calif. » A former government official for American Samoa has been sentenced to federal prison for bribery. Evelyn Langford was sentenced Friday in Oakland to nearly two years behind bars.

Samoa's prime minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi has blamed unfit and overweight prison guards for the recent spate in breakouts from Tafa'igata prison. The prime minister has suggested that ...