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(8 May 2020); The Australian Government has committed WST18.4 million (AUD 10.5 million) in response to the economic and health shocks caused by COVID-19, and it is working in partnership with the Government of Samoa to deliver this support package. Australia and Samoa have supported each other to combat several challenges over recent months, including […]

HRPP DONATES $10,000 TO MAPUIFAGALELE HOME OF THE AGED Atoa Loius Tafunai HRPP General Secretary, Lautafi Fio Selafi Purcell Minister of Public Enterprises, Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, Sister Elena Aukusitino, Sister Lucy Kallunhgal from the Little Sisters of the Poor; Mapuifagalele Home of Aged receiving the $10,000 donation from the Human Rights Protection Party. […]

GOVT. PRESS SECRETARIAT; Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi has responded to New Zealand Law Society President Tiana Epati’s “serious concerns” with the constitutional law reforms under review in Samoa.The Prime Minister’s reply is published verbatim. “There is no place for the President of an overseas Law Society to use that organization’s name to try to […]

(PRESS RELEASE); The IMF Executive Board approved the disbursement of US$22.03 million in emergency financing to help Samoa address urgent balance of payments needs created by COVID-19. IMF financing support provides resources to the authorities to maintain macroeconomic stability with the aim of assisting the private sector adversely affected by COVID-19. To address the pandemic, […]

The Ministry in response to the amended and revised Proclamation State of Emergency issued for the COVID-19 advises the Public that the following conditions for the use of all Nature Reserves including the Mt. Vaea Scenic Reserve for recreational activities, in particular the use of the trail up to the Robert Louis Stevenson.  See following […]