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28 August 2020 @ Samoa Convention Center – TATTE Building, SOGI Lau Susuga le Ta’ita’I o le sauniga, lau Susuga Revernd Ulisese Toafa – Principal of the South Pacific Nazarene Theological College, Development Partners, Chief Executive Officers, Representatives of Government Ministers and Corporations, Principals and Representatives of Post School Education and Training providers and Representatives […]

Date : 28 AUGUST 2020 The UN Secretary General in December 2018 established the Digital Financing Task Force to recommend and catalyse ways to harness digitalization in accelerating financing of the SDGs. On the 26th August 2020 (NY time), the Task Force report “People’s Money: Harnessing Digitalization to Finance a Sustainable Future” was officially launched. […]

MULINU’U, 28 AUGUST 2020—- Terrestrial Analogue TV Broadcast in Samoa will be completely switched- off on 31 August 2020. With this, the entire country will transition fully to the Digital TV Transmission. The Digital TV transmission provides sharper image, high quality sound and interactive TV services that will spur future economic, social and educational needs […]

JOINT PRESS RELEASE; 27th August 2020 Apia, Samoa – Students from eight schools around the country will be able to access educational materials online, minimizing disruptions to their studies in times of disaster, thanks to a new project by the Samoa Information Technology Association (SITA), in partnership with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The […]

(GOVT. PRESS SECRETARIAT); Cabinet has directed the National Emergency Operation Center, (NEOC) to explore options on how best to repatriate Samoan scholarship students who have completed their studies overseas. Paramount to the Cabinet’s directive is the safety of student’s but most importantly for the students to satisfy all the necessary COVID Tests mandatory requirements for […]

26-27 August 2020, TATTE Convention Centre Your Excellency, Dr Trevor Matheson Your Excellency, Mr David Ward Your Excellency, Mr Genichi Terasawa Mr Barry Patterson, Acting Australian High Commissioner Mr Mr Jonathan Lee Yoo Representatives of government, private sector and civil society Ladies and gentlemen Thank you for making time to join us today, and tomorrow, […]

•         Senator the Hon Marise Payne, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Minister for Women •         The Hon Greg Hunt MP, Minister for Health •         The Hon Alex Hawke MP, Minister for International Development and the Pacific, Assistant Defence Minister COVID-19 vaccine access for our region “Pacific countries eligible for COVAX AMC support include Papua New Guinea, […]

“…..FABRICATION OF FACTS,” REPLIES SAA GENERAL MANAGER By: Nanai Taofiga Laveitiga Tuiletufuga The Samoa Airport Authority, (SAA) is disputing a front page article by the Samoa Observer published Saturday 22nd August 2020 calling the piece “a fabrication of facts.” The article questioned the safety of Tiave’a Airport for travel implying that the airport runway does […]