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Samoa Becomes the 188th Member of Interpol
Samoa has become the one hundred and eight eighth (188th) member of the biggest and global police network – Interpol. Interpol’s Secretary General Ronald Noble left Samoa last weekend after finalizing Samoa’s official membership of the...
New Zealand Winding Down Emergency Medical Response Setup to Help Samoa’s Tsunami Victims
New Zealand’s emergency medical response to help tsunami victims in Samoa is winding down. Health Minister Tony Ryall says he is advised there have been no new tsunami related medical cases seen in Apia hospital in the past two weeks and care is...
Small Quake in Samoa Causes Widespread Panic
MPs and officials inside the Samoan parliament quickly evacuated the building when another quake hit Samoa after eleven yesterday morning. The Parliament session was unceremoniously aborted as MPs quickly headed for the door to access their vehicles should...
Samoan Journalists Receive Trauma Debriefing
The Samoan journalists who covered the tsunami disaster are undergoing a trauma debriefing session this week to assist in dealing with the impacts of reporting such a wide-scale disaster. The sessions are being conducted in Samoa by the Dart Centre for...
A Wreath Laid for Each of Samoa’s 132 Tsunami Victims
A wreath was placed in memory of each of Samoa’s 132 tsunami victims as their names were read out one by one. The exception was the nine overseas victims whose identities were not publicized. The memorial service brought about 3-thousand mourners,...
United States Donates $100,000 for Samoa’s Relief Aid
The US Chargé d’Affaires in Apia, Arnold Campbell has reiterated the US Government’s commitment to assisting the Pacific Islands affected by the Tsunami as he presented Independent State of Samoa Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and...
Mass Burial Service And Memorial for Samoa’s Tsunami Victims
The emotionally loaded relatives of Samoa’s tsunami victims have given their support to the Government’s plans for a mass funeral next Tuesday – a week after the disaster struck that has so far taken 130 lives, with many still missing...
Tsunami Death Toll in Samoa Reaches 126
Seven more dead bodies were found this afternoon, mainly young children and elderly people from Saleapaga village – one of the hardest hit villages on the Eastern coast of Upolu Island. This brings the death toll to 126.
