Samoa's Prime Minister says journalists are making up stories of corruption and aid diversion.

A man jailed over the brutal murders of two young women, including the mother of his two children, hung his head as the victims' families vilified him.

A senior policeman stopped for erratic driving was so drunk he had to lean on his car for support, court papers say.

A 28-year-old man has admitted the slaying of two women in the Porirua suburb of Titahi Bay.