Samoa

Samoa and New Zealand have been in discussions over Manawanui compensation, Samoa's CEO of Ministry of Works Transport and Infrastructure says.

The first lot of fuel has been removed from New Zealand navy ship Manawanui which sank in October off the southwest coast of Upolu in Samoa. Video

The first day of the first sitting of Samoa's parliament has ended with the PM saying if a vote of no confidence is tabled against her, she will advise the head of state to dissolve parliament.

Analysis - With just over a year left in her tenure as Prime Minister of Samoa, Fiame Naomi Mata'afa faces political upheaval.

Samoa is no longer satisfied with being one of the 'minnows' of Oceania football and wants to regularly compete against the 'big seven' of the region.

Samoa's Under-19 women's cricket captain is excited about her team's debut appearance at the ICC Under-19 Twenty20 World Cup.

Parliament is scheduled to reconvene next Tuesday.

Samoa's Prime Minister has confirmed the sacking of three Cabinet Ministers in a press conference.

Thirty-eight per cent of all cases have had hospital care.

La'auli said he is innocent of charges laid against him.

Samoa's prime minister has terminated Laauli Leuatea Schmidt as Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries.

Samoa's police commissioner has clarified the charges against the chairman of the country's ruling FAST party, Laauli Leuatea Schmidt.

A whooping cough outbreak was declared in the country in November last year.

Suspected and confirmed cases of whooping cough have reached 127 in Samoa.

Tracy Sialega-Fili worked with Hawaiian Airlines for nearly four years but was terminated this month after getting the tatau in May to honour her father, who has been seriously ill.

Just over half of the cases have required hospital care.

New Zealand Internal Affairs office confirmed the it received 154 applications, 71 of them from Samoa, and over 100 more applications are expected this week.