Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Samoa needs you to be part of building a healthy, safe and liveable future BY DR. TAKESHI KASAI – WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacific These days, many countries, including Samoa, are making complex decisions about how to deal with COVID-19, or adapt to what some have called the ‘new normal’. Governments are reviewing […]

In accordance with section 2 of the Public Holidays Act 2008, the public, government agencies, and the private sector are hereby advised that Monday, 1st June 2020 is to be treated as a Public Holiday in commemoration of our 58th year of Independence. Shops selling goods may open during public holidays in accordance with the […]

E tusa ai ma aiaiga o le Fuaiupu e 2 o le Tulafono o Aso Malolo mo Tagata Uma 2008, e fa’ailoa atu ai e fa’apea, o le a fa’amamaluina le Aso Gafua, 1 Iuni 2020 e avea ma Aso Malolo mo tagata uma mo le fa’amanatuina o le Tuto’atasi o le Malo o Samoa. […]

21st MAY 2020,  Apia, Samoa – The U.S. Government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing an additional US$9.9 million to help Pacific Island countries respond to COVID-19, bringing the total USAID assistance for the region to nearly US$12.2 million. USAID has also provided Papua New Guinea with US$3.5 million for […]

SAMOA CANCER SOCIETY; The Samoa State of Emergency (SOE) due to COVID19 did not hinder the efforts of the community Stomal Therapy nurses working with the Counties Manukau District Health (CMDH) Board and Middlemore Hospital in Auckland to come to the rescue for gastric cancer patients who have had an ostomy operation in Samoa with […]