Press Releases

APIA, SAMOA – 10 November 2022 Australia was honoured to present recognition medals to Ms. Miriama Betham-Malielegaoi and Laulu Angelo Chan Mow for their work in Cyber. Ms. Betham-Malielegaoi, ACEO of the Protocol Division with Samoa’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, contributed to the UN Open Ended Working Group on Cyber as part of […]

Apia, Samoa – Samoa Koko Industry Association (SKIA) held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) for 2022 on Tuesday 8th November 2022 at Tanoa Tusitala Hotel. This year’s AGM covered the chairman’s report and updates for all SKIA events and activities in the last financial year and of course SKIA’s financials for its operations in 2021. […]

(OFISA SO’OUPU); E to’a fitu (7) fa’auluuluga fou o nisi o Matagaluega ma Pulega a le Malo, to’a tolu (3) sui o le Komisi o Galuega a le Malo ma le to’a tolu (3) o sui o le Komiti Faufautua o Totogi sa fa’amaonia o latou tofiga e le Kapeneta maa fa’atautoina aloaia i le […]

(GOVT PRESS SECRETARIAT); A total of seven (7) newly appointed Chief Executive Officers (CEOs), three (3) members of the Public Service Commission Board, and three (3) members of the Advisory Committee for Government Salaries, have officially sworn their oaths today. The new heads of government ministries and authorities sworn in today include: Dr. Mema Motusaga […]

A team from the Commonwealth Secretariat represented by Ms. Claire Wolstenholme and Ms. Chantal Sciberras visited Samoa from the 17th to 21st October 2022, for the First Planning Mission in preparation for the 27th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) that Samoa will be hosting in 2024. CHOGM will bring together delegations from 56 nations […]

The Ministry of Education Sports and Culture (MESC) in partnership with the Spotlight Initiative through UNESCO is conducting a series of 2 Day “Training of School Enumerators for Domestic Violence” starting in Savaii on the 7th & 8th November and Upolu on the 10th & 11th November 2022. The Enumerator Training will support a cohort […]

Samoa’s second Samoa National Employment Policy (SNEP-2) 2021/2022 – 2025/2026 was launched by the Honourable Minister of Commerce, Industry and Labor, Afioga Leatinu’u Wayne Fong So’oialo, in the presence of ILO Pacific Director, Mr. Matin Karimli who was present via virtual connection. The National Employment Policy is a policy that provides a concerted and coherent […]