GOVERNMENT PRESS SECRETARIAT; Cabinet has upheld the recommendation from the Selection Panel to appoint Savalenoa Mareva Betham Annandale as the new Attorney General. Six applicants all qualified lawyers including Savalenoa had applied for the post. A holder of a Bachelor of Law, Savalenoa brings over 20 years of valuable experience in the private and public […]
Apia/Suva -21 July 2020; The United Nations and New Zealand have agreed to a new partnership that promises to improve the health, lives and livelihoods of thousands of people across the Pacific, including in Samoa. New Zealand has agreed to commit initial funding of NZ$24.7 million ($42.9 million SAT) for the NZ UN Pacific Partnership […]
THE SAMOAN ECONOMY
July 19, 2020
Latest News, Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), Press Releases
1. Gross Domestic Product (GDP)Nominal GDPQuarter (March 2020 quarter) $541.42 million, 2.9 percent lower than $557.47 million in the March 2019 quarter. Annual (12 months to end March 2020)$2,225.28 million or 1.7 percent higher than $2,188.72 million for the same period up to March 2019. GDP per capita (12 months to March 2020)$11,056.3 per capita, […]
DETAILED REPORT ON THE MACRO-ECONOMY FOR THE FIRST ELEVEN MONTHS OF FY2019/20 TO MAY 2020 A. WORLD ECONOMYThe outset of the Covid-19 Pandemic since January 2020 has intensified downside risks on the global economy, which is now expected to be severely hit, much worse than that experienced in the 2009 Global Financial Crisis, the 1987 […]
(SAMOA HIGH COMMISSION, WLG); On Monday 13 July, 2020 the Samoa High Commissioner (HE Leasi Papali’i Scanlan) together with Mr Guy Cleverly (CCM Architects) and Mr Grant Taylor (Wilson Construction) broke the ground to mark the commencement of the construction of the new Samoa High Commission Chancery in Wellington. This followed approval by Cabinet, at […]
Samoa is either on track to or has achieved 47 percent of the selected global and national indicators used to measure progress on implementing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Education is compulsory and fee-free for public schools and there is universal access to primary education. There is almost universal access to clean water, sanitation, roads and […]
PRESS RELEASE- Embassy of Japan 3 July 2020; The Government of Japan continues to provide development assistance to the education sector through its Grant Assistance for Grass-Roots Human Security Projects (GGP). Students and staff of Leifiifi College were delighted to receive their new additional classroom building that house six classrooms through a handover ceremony held […]
Apia, Samoa – The Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) have partnered with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to bolster Samoa’s COVID-19 response. Two thousand COVID-19 test cartridges were handed over to MOH today, along with IT equipment that were temporarily held by MCIT, by UNDP. The […]
Press Release: MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 01st July 2020, APIA – The Government of Samoa (GoS) through its various developments in the Communications and Information Technology Sector today marked another milestone with the National Radio, Radio 2AP The Voice of Samoa, not only being accessible on the Internet as is currently the case […]
(AUSTRALIA HIGH COMMISSION); With social distancing measures still in place, and a limit on weekend activities for young children, the Australian High Commission and MADD Gallery have teamed up to produce a bilingual interactive reading radio program featuring Australian themed stories. The program aims to stimulate children’s imaginations through the reading of much-loved Australian stories […]
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