Press Releases

APIA, August 25, 2021/Press Release — The Ministry of Works, Transport and Infrastructure (M.W.T.I.) has successfully recovered files that were infiltrated in a cyber attack by Ransomware on 2 and 3 of August. The M.W.T.I. Chief Executive Officer (C.E.O.), Magele Hoe Viali said the cyber attack infected a total of eight computers in the Ministry; […]

The Government of Japan has provided 112,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Samoa via the COVAX Facility to strengthen Samoa’s vaccination rollout. Apia, Samoa 23 August 2021 – Today, Samoa received COVID-19 vaccines from the Government of Japan through the COVAX Facility – a partnership co-led by the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations […]

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 […]

(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 […]

PRESS RELEASE FROM THE FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZAITON OF THE UNITED NATIONS; FAO congratulates Samoa’s new Prime Minister 20 August 2021, Apia, Samoa The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has officially congratulated Fiame Naomi Mata’afa, Samoa’s new Prime Minister and the first woman to be elected Prime Minster in the Pacific. […]

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 […]

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 […]

Press Release; 16 AUGUST 2021 (GOVT. PRESS SECRETARIAT); The Government of Samoa through the Ministry of Health supported by the National Emergency Operation Centre (NEOC) is continuing its ‘Door to Door Mass Vaccination Campaign’ efforts this week in response to the Global COVID-19 Pandemic.  As of 15 August 2021, 79,807 (42,632 male | 37,175 female) […]

The Honourable Deputy Prime Minister also the Minister of Customs and Revenue, Afioga Tuala Tevaga Ponifasio and Associate Minister, Afioga Masinalupe Makesi Masinalupe were genially greeted by the Ministry of Customs and Revenue (MCR) through a greeting ceremony held on Friday, 6th of August, 2021. The Honorable Deputy Prime Minister in his keynote address commended […]