Press Releases

The Samoa Chamber of Commerce, in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) through the United Nations Pacific Regional Anti-Corruption (UN-PRAC) project, officially launched its Toolkit on Anti-Corruption for Women-Owned Businesses in Salelologa and Fagamalo, Savaii on November 22-23 and in Apia, Upolu on November 25. The toolkit was an activity conducted by the […]

After seventeen (17) long and hard weeks of training and assessments, sixty-five (65) recruit members were sworn in yesterday morning. From this number of recruitment, 16 of which are newly recruited Correction Officers with 6 already employed members from Tanumalala Prisons, making up twenty-two (22) of Correction Officers to graduate from the 2022 recruitment class. […]

28th November, 2022 Apia: Samoa having suffered from extreme weather events and severe flooding has lead the Government of Samoa (GoS) to integrate flood warning into the National Early Warning System (EWS), with the expectation to reduce vulnerability of the families within the Vaisigano River Catchment Area (VRCA) and the general public towards flood-related risks. […]

The Samoa Energy Sector will be hosting the first ever Samoa Energy Week from the 28th of November to the 2nd of December, 2022, with the Theme: “Sustainable Energy Transition Enhanced”. The 5-day Event will be co-hosted by the Sector to bring in Energy specialists and champions from all over Samoa as well as the […]

On Saturday 26 November 2022, Faleata #1 district gathered at Vaimoso to showcase the variety of harvests from their agricultural and fisheries production, as well as handicrafts. The event was graced by the presence of some of the Pacific Ministers of Agriculture and Forestry who are here to participate in the upcoming Pacific SIDS Solutions […]

Apia, Samoa – Eight biogas projects, seven in Upolu and one in Savaii, will be implemented, thanks to the latest round of funding from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme (GEF-SGP). This is the first time the UNDP GEF-SGP has supported biogas projects in Samoa. The use of biogas […]

The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries in collaboration with the NZ Ministry of Primary Industries through funding support from the New Zealand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, facilitates a three day workshop on 23 – 25 November, 2022. Since the inception in July 2021 of the Enhanced Pacific Partnership Market Access Program (EPMAP), Samoa […]

APIA, SAMOA (22 November 2022) — The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Samoa today signed a $7.5 million grant agreement to help the country recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The grant agreement was signed in Apia by Samoa’s Minister of Finance Mulipola Anarosa Ale Molioo and ADB’s Regional Director for the Pacific Subregional […]

16 to 18 November 2022, Nadi, Fiji: The Forum Island Countries (FIC), World Trade Organisation (WTO) members met for the first time since the Ministerial Conference (MC12) of the World Trade Organization held in June 2022, Geneva.  Fisheries, Legal and Trade Senior Officials met on the first two days of the event for a capacity-building […]