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PRESS RELEASE- Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. (23rd August 2021)-On the 21st of August 2021, the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries in collaboration with the Samoa Police Services responded, to calls and reports from the public of an alleged illegal operation of Sea cucumber commonly known in Samoan as fugafuga being processed at a residence […]

Pharmaceutical Warehouse Motootua – Monday 23 August 2021 SAUNOAGA A LE AFIOGA I LE PALEMIA I LE FAALAUILOAINA O FOA’I O TUI PUIPUI MAI I PAAGA A SAMOA Susuga i le taitai o le sauniga, Ioane Petaia Afioga i le Minisita o le Soifua Maloloina Paaga mamae a Samoa – Sui o malo mai fafo […]

(Apia, Samoa,20th August 2021) – The Samoa Bureau of Statistics (SBS) and other key counterparts in Samoa, the Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau are undergoing virtual trainings on how their island nations can establish and formulate their own Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI). The MPI is an international measure of acute multidimensional poverty covering over 100 […]

PRESS STATEMENT; Ministry of Customs and Revenue RESPONSE TO SAMOA OBSERVER ARTICLE TITLED ‘BLOWING THE WHISTLE ON THE GREEN LANE” BY THE EDITORIAL BOARD AS PUBLISHED ON THURSDAY 19TH AUGUST 2021. Dear Editor, 1. Reference is made to the above article published on the stated date. 2. We wish to provide our comments on the […]

20th August – Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic and the continued closure of Samoa’s borders to keep the country safe, the 31st Annual Teuila Festival has been scaled-back and will feature a number of events during 29 August – 4th September, to commemorate what is one of Samoa’s most widely anticipated events. The Opening, which […]

(OFISA SO’O’UPU): E fa’atalofa atu i le paia ma le mamalu o le tatou atunu’u o lo’o fa’afogafoga ma maimoa mai fo’i i lenei itula o le aso. E fa’atalofa ma fa’amālo atu le tauata’i, fa’afetai i le alofa o le Atua ua ta’ita’ina mai le tatou atunu’u i le lagi e mamā ma le […]

(GOVT. PRESS SECRETARIAT); The Prime Minister, Afioga Fiame Naomi Mataafa announces key Cabinet decisions during a Press Conference Wednesday 18th August 2021. The following is the English transcript of the announcement by the Prime Minister. This is the third week that we carried out this session following the meeting of Cabinet to give a few […]

Excellency Muktesh Pardeshi, High Commissioner of India in Wellington, Members of the Diplomatic Corps, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a pleasure for me to join you all this evening to celebrate the commemoration of India’s 75th Independence anniversary. I offer our best wishes for the continued prosperity of India and the wellbeing of all its […]

PRESS RELEASE; 17 August 2021 The Ministry of Customs and Revenue (‘MCR’), launched its new but revived Customs International Uniform today, Tuesday 17th August 2021 in an official ceremony held in the DBS building conference room. This initiative,  has been in the pipeline since 2019 when the Senior Management Team responded to staff feedback from […]