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Samoa to pass baton to Palau to continue Pacific Presidency of AOSIS
Pacific News Service
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Samoa’s tenure as Chair of the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) is finishing at the end of 2024. The influential negotiating bloc of 39 small island developing states countries from the Pacific Islands, the Caribbean region, and the African...
Samoa’s Financial Inclusion Achievements Recognised In CEO Visit
Newsline Samoa
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December 4, 2024
MEDIA RELEASE : The Alliance for Financial Inclusion (AFI) Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Alfred Hannig, , gave recognition to the financial inclusion achievements by Samoa during a short visit on Monday. The AFI is the world’s leading organization...
“Ana le seanoa lau tapuaiga Samoa, e le a’e ma le manuia le faamoemoe”
Samoa Global News
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February 15, 2025
Faafetai Samoa, faafetai le atunuu pele, faafetai mo lau tapuaiga, faafetai i lau lagolago e ala i mea uma. Ana le seanoa oe Samoa e le manuia le faamoemoe..” O se finagalo lea o le Tausala o Samoa, le susuga ia Litara Ieremia-Allan, lea ua toe...
Australia continues commitment with Samoa
Samoa Observer
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Australia will contribute approximately $28 million to Samoa’s treasury this year said Australia’s High Commissioner to Samoa William Robinson at the Australia Day reception at his residence in Tiapapata on Thursday. In his speech, High...
Cook Islands dicusses deep-sea mining research with China
Islands Business
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February 17, 2025
Peter Roberts is Australia’s new High Commissioner to Fiji. He will replace Ewen McDonald who is moving to Papua New Guinea. Roberts is currently the Deputy Head of Mission, Australian Embassy, Tokyo. “Australia and Fiji share a deep relationship...
Samsung New Zealand Delivers on Commitment to Tackle Samoa’s E-Waste Crisis
Samoa Global News
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February 17, 2025
Samsung ships over 12.9 tons of e-waste to New Zealand for responsible recycling. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is proud to announce that it has fulfilled its commitment to addressing the growing e-waste crisis in the Pacific Islands. In...
SPTO and SPREP carry out national consultations in Samoa on Responsible and Sustainable Tourism
Samoa Global News
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February 12, 2025
This week in Samoa, consultations with key stakeholders in the tourism industry are underway to drive collective action against plastic pollution and promote responsible and sustainable tourism practices. The Secretariat of the Pacific Regional...
Self-portrait: Andrew Fagan, watchkeeper of Samoa
Newsroom
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February 11, 2025
Today I’ve had a bit on. I’m living in a 23.4 metre tug off the coast of Samoa and have been for a few weeks now. I’m on a top-secret mission to help save the planet from another potential environmental disaster. I’m currently tasked with looking...
New Zealand rethinks opposition to deep-sea mining
RTL Today
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New Zealand is considering withdrawing its support for an international ban on deep-sea mining, the country's resources minister told AFP on Tuesday. Resources Minister Shane Jones said opposition to the fledgling industry was rooted in "shrill"...
Supporting the Future of Engineering
Cal Poly Humboldt - California
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“I’ve devoted my career to renewable energy, driven by a deep passion for the field. Now, Mary and I aspire to ignite that same passion in others by helping Cal Poly Humboldt establish a dynamic Energy Systems Engineering Program, empowering the...
Signing Ceremony of The Project for Construction of Training Centre of Samoa Umbrella for Non-Governmental Organizations under JAPAN’S GRANT ASSISTANCE FOR GRASS-ROOTS HUMAN SECURITY PROJECTS
Samoa Global News
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February 7, 2025
The Government of Japan in partnership with the Samoa Umbrella for Non-Governmental Organizations (SUNGO) is funding a training centre for under its GGP. A formal signing ceremony to approve funding under Japan’s Grant Assistance for Grass-Roots...
Samoa’s Tulsi Gabbard heads U.S. intelligence
Islands Business
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November 18, 2024
Pacific governments at the UN climate summit are criticising Australia’s plans for a massive gas industry expansion in Western Australia, saying it could result in 125 times more greenhouse gas emissions than their island nations release in a...
Privy Council to parliament: Sāmoa’s citizenship battle in upcoming documentary
Pacific Media Network
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The hard-won progress of Sāmoa’s citizenship rights in Aotearoa New Zealand will feature in a new documentary. Green MP Teanau Tuiono’s member’s bill, the Citizenship (Western Sāmoa Restoration) Amendment Bill, restores New Zealand citizenship to...
Call for stricter screening of foreigners to Samoa for jobs
Talanei
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February 3, 2025
The Member of Parliament for Anoamaa No.1 Fonotoe Lauofo Pierre Lauofo has called for stricter screening of foreigners coming into Samoa for job opportunities. Fonotoe was speaking last week on the Parliamentary Economic Sector Committee report...
The Humboldt Project: A Glimpse into Samoa’s Lumber Legacy
Redheaded Blackbelt - California
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February 8, 2025
The Humboldt Project is more than just an Instagram account—it’s an evolving archive, capturing the history of Humboldt County one postcard at a time. For nearly three years, Steve Lazar has been sharing postcards from his extensive collection,...
Fero Samoa offers STEM scholarships
Samoa Observer
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Fero Samoa, a key leader in the country’s manufacturing industry, has unveiled a new initiative aimed at nurturing local talent and addressing the growing demand for skilled professionals in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)...
Samoa Facing Surging Plastic Tide, Warns UN Expert
The National Tribune
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November 8, 2024
OHCHR APIA – Samoa, like other Small Pacific Island States, is facing a surging plastic tide, a UN expert said today, warning that while the country was taking measures to ban some plastics, including plastic bags, plastic straws and Styrofoam, it...
Samoa Attends International Solar Alliance of Sunshine Countries
Samoa Global News
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November 12, 2024
☀️The International Solar Alliance (ISA) is an alliance of 121 countries initiated by India, most of them being the sunshine countries, which lie either completely or partly between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn. 🌟The primary...
Samoa Company wins innovative agri-production funding award
Talamua
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November 4, 2024
Staff Reporters/ Apia, 04 November 2024 – The Samoan agri-production company, Sunshine Pacific has won an innovative funding award for an 8-acre hydroponics farm and an 8-acre poultry operation at Tanumalala. Sunshine Pacific is one of recipients...
Samoa Shipping Corp – Vacancies
Newsline Samoa
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October 30, 2024
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