Apia, Samoa: Samoa’s container vessel, Forum Samoa Two, is being checked for damage after it was successfully refloated following a grounding on a coral reef at the entrance of Apia Harbour last Sunday

Apia, Samoa: A late bid to overturn Samoa's planned switch to driving on the left side of the road was rejected Friday by the country's supreme court

Apia, Samoa: Samoa's big driving switch starts next week, and a protest march is to be held this Tuesday in the normally peaceful Pacific island nation

Apia, Samoa: The leader of Samoa's main opposition party has condemned proposed changes to the country's electoral laws as undemocratic

Apia, Samoa: There are claims that two Samoan villages are set to defy the road switch due next month when motorists will start driving on the left

Auckland, New Zealand: The Samoa Government has reportedly won approval from New Zealand regulators to buy a US$1.3 million parcel on the Auckland waterfront.

Cairns, Australia: Contained in the hundreds of pages of the Pacific Plan is an initiative that the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat is banking on

Cairns, Australia: Rumours that the Pacific Forum Secretariat would be relocated from Fiji to another Forum country member have been squashed by the Secretariat’s Media Officer

Apia, Samoa: Cinema operators in Samoa are rejoicing after the Pacific island's censor unexpectedly approved a movie about lesbian vampires

Apia, Samoa: There are now 29 cases of the H1N1 flu virus in Samoa, the country's Ministry of Health has confirmed..