Samoa

Tonga beat the junior Manu Samoa u20 earlier this week with the final score at 20 – 19. Going into half-time, Tonga was down 16 points with the Samoan side scoring 19 off one converted try and 4 penalties. The...

The Governor-General will visit Samoa today in celebration of their 60th year of independence. Dame Cindy Kiro will be in Samoa until next Thursday, and will meet with Prime Minister, Fiame Naomi Mata’afa, as well as the Head of State....

The son of legendary Australian footballer Tim Cahill has been called up for Samoa for the forthcoming Oceania Under-19 championships. Kyah Cahill, 19, is currently playing in Qatar after stints in England and Spain, but he jumped at the chance...

Efforts are being made to turn one of Samoa’s islands into one of the first inhabited rat-free islands in the Pacific. The Samoa Observer reports government officials, the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environmental Programme, and the Pacific Regional Invasive Species Management...

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern met with members of Samoa’s Cabinet in Apia today, announcing the launch of a new climate change partnership and confirming support for the rebuild of the main market in the capital. NZ$15 million is being committed...

Five years of build-up has become a reality after the 22nd Commonwealth Games began in Birmingham in England on Friday morning. More than 5000 athletes representing 72 nations and territories are in the West Midlands to compete in 19 sports...

Samoa has extended its current nationwide lockdown for another 72 hours to end on Thursday night. Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa says the decision was made after the identification of five frontline workers who tested positive for Covid-19 while caring for 15 positive cases off a flight from Brisbane last week.

Samoa's prime minister has put climate change and ocean protection to the fore in a speech to the United Nations. Fiame Naomi Mata'afa told the 76th UN General Assembly in New York that there was no greater challenge facing the global community than climate change - including its effects on ocean health.

Today is the second and final day of lockdown in Samoa with health authorities going door to door to administer Covid-19 vaccines. Around 7000 doses of AstraZeneca were administered on Thursday as part of the two-day roll out. Despite the strict lockdown, from 8am to 6pm, it is not compulsory to get vaccinated. Those willing to have the jab have been instructed to place red flags at the entrance to their dwellings.

Five months after the General Election in April, Samoa has a financial budget to operate with. The Samoa Parliament passed the national budget totalling 983 million tālā after midnight local time on Thursday. This means the private sector will finally be paid for their services after waiting while the government operated on emergency provisions of 25 percent of the 2020/2021 budget from July 1 this year.