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Apia, SAMOA — Samoa is looking to build a Silicon Valley type Technology and Innovation Park facility so it can be the information and communications technology hub for the Pacific region.
Discussions and consultations on the project began in Apia this past week.
The Samoa Observer reports the...
Apia, SAMOA — The Samoa government is planning a second nationwide lockdown for this Friday 19 November in efforts to attain 99 percent coverage of the Covid-19 vaccine. This while opposition to a similar program in American Samoa gains traction.
Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa said the latest...
Apia, SAMOA — The Samoa government is planning a second nationwide lockdown for this Friday 19 November in efforts to attain 99 percent coverage of the Covid-19 vaccine. This while opposition to a similar program in American Samoa gains traction.
Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa said the latest...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's Congregational Christian Church (EFKS) has told the FAST party government it must make good on its campaign promise to repeal a law requiring all church ministers to pay income tax.
The Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa announced last week that the Ministry of Revenue has...
Apia, SAMOA — A team of researchers from Samoa, New Zealand and the U.S. has found that the leaves of the Samoan tree, matalafi, are as good at relieving inflammation as ibuprofen. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the group describes how they first...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa has been urged by the international community to do more to counter domestic and gender-based violence.
It was a recurring theme as the country fronted up for its Universal Periodic Review at the United Nations Human Rights council this week.
Diplomats from dozens of countries...
Apia, SAMOA — Children in Samoa are subjected to the worst forms of child labor, including in commercial sexual exploitation, and governments have been doing little to eliminate it.
The United States Department of Labor's latest report also says children engage in dangerous tasks in street vending...
Apia, SAMOA — The Samoan government will consider a constitutional change to allow the Head of State to be appointed for life.
Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa said this was included in the FAST manifesto for the 2021 General Election.
Parliament has approved 250,000 tālā to fund a review of the...
Glasgow, SCOTLAND — A New Zealand Pasifika climate activist has told the UN climate meeting that young Pacific people are not victims of climate change but beacons of hope.
The Leaders Summit is wrapping up at COP26 in Glasgow.
Environmental advocate for Samoa Brianna Fruean said Pacific people...
Apia, SAMOA — The Samoa Government is preparing to repeal the controversial law introduced by the previous adminstration in 2018 to tax church ministers.
The Minister of Customs and Revenue, Tuala Ponifasio, has been instructed to consult with the church ministers - as is required for any...