News stories by Simona Marinescu

APIA, Samoa, Apr 14 (IPS) - Water is life. No other definition captures quite so aptly what this essential element means for our lives, livelihoods and the natural environment.

APIA, Samoa, Oct 10 (IPS) - With 147 million children around the world missing half of their in-person instruction over the last two years and around 24 million never returning to school, humanity is experiencing a deep learning crisis.

APIA, Samoa, Mar 12 (IPS) - The upcoming Samoan election is a unique opportunity to encourage diversity in politicsThis year it will be 128 years since the right of women to vote was first recognized, with New Zealand becoming the first nation to allow the participation of women in its general election in 1893.

APIA, Samoa, Mar 08 (IPS) - In the February 12th editorial on the issue of illicit drug use, the Samoa Observer stated that “… there is no data currently available to show that drug abuse including meth consumption levels in Samoa have reached crisis levels, which would warrant the government considering decriminalizing drug use and consumption.”

APIA, Samoa, Feb 25 (IPS) - Vulnerable people need support, not stricter laws.

Earlier this month, and in December 2020 the Government of Samoa conducted operations that resulted in the confiscation of a total of 1,400 grams of methamphetamine at the border, smuggled from the US.

The law enforcement officials (from the Ministry of Customs and Revenue and the Ministry of Police and Prisons) that intercepted these drugs deserve congratulations for their professionalism and skill. Meth is destructive and harmful - and it is good to see this potential threat removed from the community.