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SAMOA IMMIGRATION DIVISION; Ministry of Prime Minister and Cabinet The public is hereby advised that Samoa Immigration Office will open to the public during the holidays on the following dates and time; Tuesday 29/12/2020 to Thursday 31/12/2020 Time: 9.00AM – 12.00 PM Our office will resume normal working hours on Monday 04 January 2021. For […]

Apia, Thursday 10 December: Every December 10 Samoa joins nations around the world to celebrate human rights Day. This year the Ombudsman Office as the National Human Rights Institution hosted a public engagement event in partnership with Offices housed at the NPF Plaza Building to commemorate Human Rights Day 2020 on the theme A’o toe […]

10th DECEMBER 2020: The FAO Brussels Dialogue focusing on “Weathering COVID-19 in Small Island Developing States: A pathway to resilience” took place virtually on December 10, 2020.  The dialogue included a list of high level speakers featuring Heads of States and Governments from the Africa, Caribbean, and Pacific regions and leaders of the Organization of […]

(GOVT. PRESS SECRETARIAT); Cabinet has appointed Heseti Sione Vaai to lead the Samoa Life Assurance Corporation, (S.L.A.C.) as its new Chief Executive Officer and General Manager for the next three years. A public servant for almost 30 years, Vaai holds a Bachelor of Arts; Majoring in Accounting & Financial Management & Minor in Economics from […]

JOINT PRESS RELEASE; Ministry of Education, Culture & Sports, Live it Nation Inc. Live It Nation, Inc. has announced its last and final Poetry Contest Winner for December 2020. The winner is Palemene Leasi Sau, a Year 10 student of Alofi-o-Taoa College in Savaii. He hails from the village of Sasina and is the son […]

3 December 2020; The Government of Japan continues to lend its helping hand during these uncertain times with improving learning environments across Samoa. The Signing Ceremony given the continuation of the friendly co-operation between Japan and Samoa, was held earlier today (3 December) at the Embassy in Apia, between Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Japan […]

On the Friday, 4th December 2020, the Joint K9 Unit of the Ministry of Customs & Revenue (MCR) and the Ministry of Police & Prisons (MOPP) had intercepted a shipment of illicit marijuana imported from the United States of America, through a joint effort to combat illicit narcotics. A male of 57 years of age […]

I le Aso Faraile 04 Tesema 2020, na mauaina ai laulaau faasaina o le mariuana, e le Vaega mo Taifau Sosogi i lalo o se polokalame tuufaatasi a Matagaluega a Tiute & Tupe Maua ma Leoleo & Falepuipui. O nei laulaau faasaina na aumai faa’nana i totonu o se afiafi faamomoli mai i aiga Amerika […]