The Government of Japan has provided today (26 August) assistance worth 100 million Japanese Yen (approximately 2.34 million SAT) to the Government of the Independent State of Samoa through its Economic Social Development Programme (ESDP). Notes were signed and exchanged between the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan to Samoa, H.E. Mr. TERASAWA Genichi and […]
Eight Pacific leaders have been confirmed as the countdown to the inaugural Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Solutions Forum on 30 – 31 August 2021 continues. Spearheading the strong Pacific representation is the Prime Minister of Fiji, Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama, who will co-host the global virtual meeting. Bainimarama will be joined by Samoa’s new Prime […]
26 August 2021, Apia Samoa The legacy of a Polynesian navigator has provided the inspiration for an innovative data aggregation, analysis and visualisation platform strengthening health systems across the Indo-Pacific region. Tupaia is an interactive online map, making life easier for decision makers when it comes to the collection and sharing of vital data on […]
RANSOMWARE CYBER ATTACK ON M.W.T.I. CLARIFICATION
August 25, 2021
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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 […]
Pharmaceutical Warehouse Motootua – Monday 23 August 2021 SAUNOAGA A LE AFIOGA I LE PALEMIA I LE FAALAUILOAINA O FOA’I O TUI PUIPUI MAI I PAAGA A SAMOA Susuga i le taitai o le sauniga, Ioane Petaia Afioga i le Minisita o le Soifua Maloloina Paaga mamae a Samoa – Sui o malo mai fafo […]
(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 […]
FAO congratulates Samoa’s new Prime Minister
August 20, 2021
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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. […]
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