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Regional labour mobility schemes threaten Vanuatu's kava industry, warns minister
RNZ
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December 2, 2024
The large number of Ni-Vanuatu workers recruited for seasonal jobs abroad have reduced the local workforce available for kava cultivation. Photo: Eric Lafforgue / Hans Lucas / Hans Lucas via AFP Vanuatu's caretaker Foreign Minister Matai Seremaiah...
Government of Samoa and WFP launch analysis to enhance access to healthy diets
Samoa Global News
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November 24, 2024
PRESS RELEASe 21 November 2024, Apia, Samoa. The Samoa Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) jointly held a workshop today to mark the launch of a Cost of the Diet analysis in Samoa. The...
PSA Hopes To Spark Revival With New House
Newsline Samoa
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July 17, 2025
PSA Members Meeting at Tu’utu’uile Loloto Hall, Mulivai – FILE PHOTO The new PSA House and Headquarter, is to officially open later this afternoon, Friday 18 July 2025, at Fugalei. The association of public servants in a statement, declares the :...
Kiribati launches PACER Plus partnership to boost agricultural exports
Pacific News Service
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Kiribati is set to benefit from technical support and sustainable economic development opportunities arising from participation in the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER Plus). This is after the Government of Kiribati launched...
How has China-Samoa friendship featured on Samoan banknotes?
CGTN
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Samoan Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa is paying an official visit to China from November 20 to 28. Although Samoa may be unfamiliar to some, this South Pacific island nation, which sits near the International Date Line, is an old friend of...
Guangdong Province is the home of many first immigrants to Samoa from China in the early 1900s
Samoa Global News
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November 24, 2024
By Nanai Taofiga Laveitiga Tuiletufuga, Guangdong Province 24th November 2024. Guangdong Province is the home of the majority of first immigrants to Samoa from China in the early 1900s. One among those pioneers was the National University of Samoa...
PACIFIC RE CELEBRATES GROWTH, INCREASES REGIONAL REACH
PNG Haus Bung
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July 18, 2025
Pacific Re (PacRe), the only Pacific-owned reinsurance company, celebrated a strong year of growth at its second annual Client and Business Partner Cocktail Event. CEO Lolesh Sharma shared good news, announcing that PacRe’s income grew from K11...
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Global health experts sound alarm over RFK Jr., citing Samoa outbreak
The Philadelphia Inquirer - Pennsylvania
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Health officials around the world are alarmed over the likely impact of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — a longtime vaccine skeptic who was tapped for the health secretary role — on global health. Experts from Samoa have been particularly vocal in sounding...
14-year-old makes Kulas semi-final debut
FBC News
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July 18, 2025
Source: Xavier College, Ba Fiji / Facebook Fiji coach Angeline Chua made a bold halftime call in the OFC Nations Cup semifinal against Papua New Guinea when she replaced Trina Davis with 14-year-old Adi Ulamila Reva. It was a dream come true for...
UN Commits to Support Samoa in Combatting People Trafficking
Talamua
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November 22, 2024
By Lise Schmidt/ Apia, Samoa – 21 November 2024 – The United Nations (UN) has reaffirmed its commitment to assist Samoa in its fight against Trafficking in Persons (TIP). This commitment was articulated by the UN Resident Coordinator Themba Kalua...
Meet 25 young people changing Aotearoa and the world
The Spinoff
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July 17, 2025
From poets to Paralympians and policymakers, this year’s YWCA Y25 list celebrates some of Aotearoa’s most inspirational young people Illustrations by Kerilyn Clarke. Every year, the pool of nominees for Y25 grows bigger and stronger. In its six...
The Samoa Diary
The Standard Gambia
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November 27, 2024
- Advertisement - By Saikou Ceesay I have travelled to almost every country in the world. I know, you already concluded that I am lying but bear with me as I wrap a context cloth around this quite bold revelation. We all travel to places before we...
Australia to cooperate with UK and India on energy storage in new partnerships
Energy Storage News
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November 20, 2024
The partnership, an extension of a similar cooperation agreement signed between the two nations at the 27th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting earlier this year in Samoa, is divided into two core pillars. One covers renewable energy...
Australia launches US$48M climate-responsive agriculture partnership with Africa
Food Business Africa Magazine
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November 18, 2024
AFRICA – The Australian government has committed US$48 million over six years to support agricultural research and capacity development programs in Africa, focusing on climate resilience and food security. The initiative, led by the Australian...
Australia and UK sign a new climate and energy partnership
The National Tribune
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November 19, 2024
Dept of Climate Change, Energy, Environment & Water Australia and the UK have signed a new climate and energy partnership at the Conference of the Parties (COP29) United Nations climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan. This partnership builds on an...
Pacific Tourism Leaders Explore Resilience Strategies at the Commonwealth Business Forum in Samoa
Pacific Tourism Organisation
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November 6, 2024
The Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO) participated in this year’s Commonwealth Business Forum in Apia, Samoa. Regional leaders, industry experts, and stakeholders gathered to discuss the unique challenges and opportunities facing tourism Micro,...
Haylani Kuruppu Showcases Samoa to the World at Miss Universe after 38 Years of Absence
Samoa Global News
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November 17, 2024
The elegant Haylani Pearl Kuruppu has made her mark at yet another international pageant, showcasing Samoa to the world. Miss Kuruppu represented Samoa with pride, competing at the Miss Universe pageant held in Mexico over over the past weeks with...
HMNZS Manawanui: Sāmoa's first responders honoured
Pacific Media Network
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The head of New Zealand's Defence Forces has awarded high-level commendations to first responders to the grounding and sinking of HMNZS Manawanui in Sāmoa last month. On 5 October, the vessel hit a reef while conducting a hydrographic survey off...
Australia Pacific Business Councils participate in talks at Samoa CHOGM
PNG Business News
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The Commonwealth Business Forum (CBF) 2024, held in Apia, Samoa on 23–24 October as part of the Commonwealth Heads of Government (CHOGM) and associated meetings, marked a landmark event as the first such forum of Commonwealth countries hosted by a...