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Woman heads Development Bank
Fauena Susana Laulu has been appointed Chief Executive Officer for the Development Bank of Samoa for the next three years.{googleAds}<script type="text/javascript"><!--google_ad_client =...
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Customs hold up flight
The Customs Department has been blamed for keeping passengers waiting by showing up late to clear the Polynesian Airlines flight to Pago Pago yesterday morning.The Airlines Chief Executive Officer,...
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Team wraps up Samoa Human Rights assessment
A week long capacity assessment exercise is a first step for the Ombudsman’s office towards consultations to find out public concerns relating to human rights.Thursday night saw the Office of the...
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Tee off for the future? In memory of Lui, yes we are!
Next Saturday will see the first fundraising golf tournament for the Lui Bell Memorial Scholarship Programme at Faleata Golf Course.The Lui Bell Post-Graduate Scholarship for Marine Species...
View ArticleScientists study El Nino Taimasa
During very strong El Niño events, sea level drops abruptly in the tropical western Pacific and tides remain below normal for up to a year in the South Pacific, especially around Samoa.The Samoans call...
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Breaking the Silence campaign wins award
A partnership with New Zealand Police, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and New Zealand Rugby has received the New Zealand Rugby Players’ Association, Off Field Achievement Award for 2013.It was awarded...
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New political party is being formed - Tuu'u
Siumu’s Member of Parliament, Tuu’u Anasi’i Leota, has confirmed moves to set up a new political party.In fact, the Associate Minister of Education and veteran member of the Human Rights Protection...
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MENA moves exports to Fiji
The Director of Samoa’s premier fashion house, MENA Samoa Ltd, Agnes Loheni, has denied claims that a lack of reliable workers has forced her company to send its export orders to Fiji for...
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Teachers maintain threat to strike
Mother paid $19,000 after 30 years as a teacherTeachers are adamant. They say that unless the government grants their request for pay rises, they will not rule out a national strike in the near...
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Samoa placed on alert as dengue kills three in Fiji
S.P.C has recently repeatedly publicly voiced its concerns about the unprecedented and increasing pressure the whole Pacifi c Islands region is currently suffering from mosquitoborne diseases such as...
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Cabinet announces C.E.O. reappointments
In a statement issued on Friday night by the Office of Press Secretariat, Cabinet announced a number of reappointments to top positions within the public service. They are as followed: MATAUTIA RETURNS...
View ArticlePrime Minister goes to New York
Prime Minster, Tuilaepa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi, has left for New York.He is going to attend the high-level global launch of the International Year of Small Island Developing States in New York.The...
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Marist torch lights on
Members of the Marist Brothers Old Pupils Association (M.B.O.P.A) New Zealand were told to continue lighting the ‘Marist Torch’ by a living Champion of the fraternity in Auckland last week.M.B.O.P.A....
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Did someone say pay rise?
Teachers may get a 15 percent pay rise as early as April – but only after teachers existing pay packets are assessed. But Ministry of Education officials are still waiting for $300,000 in funding from...
View ArticleStudy attacks “waste” in Agriculture
First it was the often controversial Agriculture Store Corporation. Now government appears to be readying the country’s extension services for the privatisation chopping block as well.A study for the...
View ArticleNew foreign fishing boats “plundering” the Pacific
Apia Export Fish Packers Managing Director John Luff is calling on government to take action at a regional level to stop foreign vessels “plundering” Pacific fish stocks.Like the rest of the region,...
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Tourism earnings drop $2m
The Central Bank of Samoa (C.B.S.) reports visitor spending decreased by $2.2 million tala last November due to “large drop” in earnings from genuine holidaymakers.According to its Visitor Earnings and...
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Grounds painter loves his work
Most visual artists work with small paint brushes but Auva’a Mosoe uses large rollers.He is the man responsible for many of the country’s largest art works – those seen painted onto the grass at sports...
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Bank tightens controls on foreign payments
Dividends, land sale income, insurance payments, management fees and airline ticket payments over $1 million tala are all to come under new exchange controls from next month.On Friday, the Central Bank...
View ArticleVideo attacker gets suspended sentence
A 14 year old teenager charged with assault after a video surfaced that showed him beating another youth was last week given a six month suspended sentence.A video was filmed on a mobile phone in 2011...
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