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Four New Roads for Savaii

June 25, 2015 Latest News, Press Releases

Earlier today, Government opened four new roads in Savaii as part of ongoing infrastructure projects to provide inland access roads for communities across the country.
The infrastructure projects totalled $3 million tala and saw more than ten kilometres of road built for the villages of Sagone, Saleaula, Pu’apu’a and Salelavalu.

News from Cabinet, 22 June 2015

June 22, 2015 Cabinet Releases, Latest News

        Cabinet Releases (English and Samoan) 1. Financial assistance for Samoa Special Olympics Cabinet has approved financial assistance of $50,000.00 for Special Olympics Samoa Association to help with preparations for the 2015 Special Olympics World Games to be held in the United States of America next month. Team Samoa comprises of 28 […]

Samoa re-elected as Chair of South Pacific Tourism

June 18, 2015 Latest News

[Pictured: Papali’i Sonja Hunter (centre); Josefa Tuamoto – New Deputy Chairperson of SPTO and CEO of the Solomon Islands Visitors Bureau (left); and Ilisoni Vuidreketi – CEO of SPTO (right)]   Papali’i Sonja Hunter, Samoa Tourism Authority’s Chief Executive Officer today resumed her role as the Chairperson of the South Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO) for the […]

New Road for Moataa

June 17, 2015 Latest News

“All these projects are to help develop families and communities, like this new road which will make access to family lands much easier and provide an interconnecting pathway for villages in this area,” said the Prime Minister.

New Roads

June 16, 2015 Latest News

Samusu to Lalomanu The East Coast inland route road from Samusu to Lalomanu was officially opened by Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi this morning. The road, which is 5.2 kilometers long, runs from Lalomanu Hospital and joins to the Richardson Road to Apia, at Samusu. “This road together with the construction of the Tsunami Escape […]

Food and Agriculture Conference closes

June 16, 2015 Latest News

The biennial FAO conference held in Italy has closed after a week-long session which had been chaired by Samoa’s Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, Le Mamea Ropati Mualia.
Samoa and other Members have approved the agency’s biennial programme of work and budget, supporting the strategic direction charted out by Director-General Jose Graziano da Silva.
Samoa’s Honorary Consul-General in Italy, Papalii Giovanni Caffarelli, delivered an address on behalf of Samoa, where he called on the FAO leadership to address SIDS issues with a special forum within the FAO.

Samoa wins FAO award

June 12, 2015 Latest News, Press Releases

Samoa has been recognised with an award for satisfying the World Food Summit Goal “to eradicate hunger in all countries, with an immediate view to reducing the number of undernourished people to half their present level no later than 2015.