Press Releases

(GOVT. PRESS SECRETARIAT); Church Services prescribed by the SOE, REMAINS THE SAME.  This clarification is in response to overwhelming inquiries regarding amendments to Church Services on Sunday. To that effect, the SOE clause on Church Services is published below verbatim; Public gatherings: (1) For Church, the following applies: a. church service on Sabbath day (e.g. […]

(GOVT. PRESS SECRETARIAT) The repatriation flight from New Zealand is re-scheduled from the 11th September 2020 to the 18th September 2020 due to flight availability, Cabinet approved late this afternoon. The flight is designated for returning citizens and RSE workers who should be returning home since the end of their short term employment contracts. REPATRIATION […]

JOINT PRESS RELEASE; U.N.D.P. & Government of Samoa: 4th September 2020 Samoa launches the process to fulfill its obligations under international climate change convention Apia, Samoa – Samoa today launched the process to fulfil  its obligations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) – an international treaty to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. […]

(02nd SEPTEMBER 2020); Samoa Airways would like to respond to an article published on Sunday 30th August relating to “Staff receiving 50% discounts”. CEO Tupuivao, Seiuli Alvin W. Tuala said that the article is misleading.  “The 50% staff travel benefit is on our Pago route only and has being in place since 2005. This does […]

1 September, 2020: The women of Malaela in Aleipata have successfully completed their handicraft project, which empowered them with skills in sewing and elei-making in order to earn money and provide for their families. Twenty percent (20%) of the women’s Komiti in the beginning had no skills and a few with limited capacity; however, at […]

1 September, 2020: Forty-eight (48) women of Alataua I Sisifo participated in their Sewing and Elei project, supported by the Government of Australia in partnership with the Government of Samoa through the Civil Society Support Programme (CSSP) under the Samoa Women Shaping Development Programme (SWSDP-Gender Fund). The focus of this initiative is to empower women […]