Press Releases

Press Statement 13 August 2021- JUDICIAL SERVICE COMMISSION The Judicial Service Commission at its meeting of 4 August 2021 confirmed the appointment of the following High Court Judges of New Zealand as Acting Judges of the Supreme Court of Samoa for a period of 2 years:  1. Justice Robert Fisher 2. Justice Peter Blanchard 3. […]

SUVA, FIJI (9 August 2021) — The rollout of vaccines to protect children against cervical cancer, pneumonia, and rotavirus has begun in Samoa, Tonga, and Tuvalu. The deployment of these three vaccines is part of the $29.7 million System Strengthening for Effective Coverage of New Vaccines in the Pacific Project, which is supporting the introduction […]

6 August 2021, Apia, Samoa Planning for the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Solutions Forum, scheduled for 30 – 31 August 2021, is underway. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has invited world leaders from Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the Pacific, African, Indian Ocean and Caribbean, as well high-level […]

(GOVT. PRESS SECRETARIAT); Twelve Cabinet Ministers including Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa took office this week, following the April 2021 Elections.  Each Cabinet Minister has been assigned an Associate Minister. Below is the list of the Government of Samoa’s Cabinet and their respective portfolios for 2021 – 2026. Government’s Cabinet and portfolios for 2021 – […]

Team Samoa to the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics, comprising eight athletes and several officials have arrived safely at the Games Village in the Harumi Waterfront district of Tokyo, ready to compete. Here is the list for Team Samoa: • Marion Faustino Ah Tong-Boxing (Welterweight) • Ato Plodzicki-Faoagali –Boxing (Heavy)oEroni Leilua –Sailing (Men’s Laser) • Peniamina […]

23rd July 2021 MEDIA RELEASE The Samoa National Provident Fund (‘SNPF’) together with the Unit Trust of Samoa (‘UTOS’) has executed a co-investment agreement for the funds to jointly invest in ATH International Ventures (ATHIV), a company registered in Singapore and is tasked with financing a new mobile broadband telecommunications network construction project  in Papua […]

23 Iulai 2021 PEPA O FA’AMATALAGA Ua ma’ea sainia se feagaiga fa’apa’ga mo le teufa’afaigalueina o tupe a le Fa’aputugātupe mo le Lumanai Manuia o Tagata (SNPF) ma le Fa’aputugātupe Teufa’afaigaluega o Mavaega Tausi a Samoa (UTOS) ina ia mafai ai ona galulue fa’atasi ma le kamupani a le ATH International Ventures (ATHIV). O le […]

14 JULY 2021 (GOVT. PRESS SECRETARIAT); The Government has continued its roll out of the AstraZeneca vaccine this week after it was temporarily on hold for a week. The current vaccinated population according to statistics from the Ministry of Health (MOH) stand at: • First dose: 53,540 (29,864 male & 23,676 female) accounting for 43.9% […]

14 Iulai 2021 (OFISA SOOUPU); O le vaiaso nei na toe fa’aauau ai le fa’atinoina o tui puipui mo le KOVITI-19 talu mai le taofiga lē tumau o tui puipui i le vaiaso ua tuana’i. E tusa ai ma fa’amaumauga a le Matagaluega o le Soifua Maloloina: • Tui muamua (first dose): 53,540 (29,864 alii […]

14 July 2021 PRESS RELEASE The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Japan MOTEGI Toshimitsu, announced on 13 July 2021 that the Government of Japan would provide a total of approximately 3 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines including approximately 100,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines to Samoa. They will be shipped between mid-July and mid-August 2021 through […]