Press Releases

Apia, SAMOA – Sports has the enduring power to bring people and communities together. The Australian High Commission, together with Digicel Samoa, was pleased to co-host a screening of ‘FREEMAN’, a documentary featuring celebrated First Nations Australian athlete Cathy Freeman.  The event aimed to inspire Samoan athletes ahead of the 2023 Pacific Games in Solomon […]

O le fa’amai o le mūmū tutupa e le o se fa’amai e fou ma ua tausagā le iai pea o lea fa’amai i totonu o Samoa. O le mūmū tutupa o se faama’i e feaveaia e namu. E aafia le tagata pe afai e ū e se namu, ua aafia i anufe o le […]

16th September 2023: Samoa has a long history of suffering from lymphatic filariasis which is a chronic disease caused by filarial worms living in affected people’s blood and lymphatic vessels. It is spread by mosquitoes. The affected people can progress to develop permanent swelling of limbs, breast and genitals with significant disfiguration. Many people with […]

The 2023 UN SDGs Summit – What does it mean for ordinary Samoans? Come next week, Prime Minister of Samoa, the Honorable Fiame Naomi Mataafa will take a stand at the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Summit in New York, as one of the leaders of the 193 member states of the UN, to […]

THURSDAY 14 SEPTEMBER 2023 _________________________________________________________________ The new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ireland to Samoa, Her Excellency Ms Jane Connolly presented her Letter of Credence to the Head of State, Afioga Tuimalealiifano Vaaletoa Sualauvi II, during the Credentials ceremony held at the Residence of the Head of State at Vailele this morning. Her Excellency Ms […]

The children residents of the Campus of Hope shelter facility for abused women and children, are included in the Pacific Partnership 2023 (PP23) event taking place in Samoa this week from 13 to 18 September 2023, through a rehabilitative activity with the USS Jackson today. The activity and visitation was lead by Noriko Horiuchi, the […]

The Commissioner of the Ministry of Police & Prisons, Auapaau Logoitino Filipo joined the number of supporters who have visited the children survivors of violence under the care of the Samoa Victim Support Group following the car incident over the weekend, which had threatened the security of the Campus of Hope shelter facility. Speaking to […]

(GOVT. PRESS SECRETARIAT): Established by Government in 2006, the Scientific Research Organisation of Samoa (SROS) seeks to promote innovative visions to optimize and augment the use of local resources for the betterment of Samoa. Cabinet, at its meeting on Tuesday, 12th September, 2023, approved the selection panel’s recommendation to appoint Fiso Dr. Fiamē Leo as […]