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American Samoa Prohibits the Sale of Samoan Taro
Taro from Samoa have been prohibited from being sold at roadside stalls in American Samoa. The President of the American Samoa Farmers Cooperative Edward Kuki Avegalio has publicly thanked the American Samoan Government and the new Director of Agriculture...
Mission And Private Schools in Samoa Receive Funding As Part of the Compulsory Education Policy
Mission and Private Schools in Samoa have received funding under the Government’s scheme to pay for school fees as part of its compulsory education policy. T$4,375,000 was distributed to 17 Mission, Private Schools, Continuing education and Pre Schools...
15 Samoan Students Win New Zealand Development Scholarships
The New Zealand High Commissioner, Her Excellency Caroline Bilkey, hosted an afternoon tea last week to farewell 15 Samoan students who have been awarded New Zealand Development Scholarships to study at universities in New Zealand. The successful students...
Environmentalists in Samoa on a Mongoose Hunt
The Ministry of the Environment in Samoa is launching a major program next week, to try and catch a mongoose that has been sighted at the Aleipata area. Principal Conservation Officer, Lesaisaea Niualuga confirmed that the pest was first sighted by villagers...
Fiji Signs Trade And Development Agreement with the European Union
Fiji has signed an interim Economic Partnership Agreement with the EU. The agreement focuses on trade in goods and provides duty free – quota free access for all products from Fiji to the EU market. It also aims to deepen cooperation in areas such as...
Wanganui District Council Confirms Reconstruction Team to Travel to Samoan Tsunami Village
The Wanganui District Council’s reconstruction team is to head off to the tsunami devastated village of Satitoa in Samoa, and the team’s co-leaders have been confirmed. They are Cr Danny Jonas (political) and Allan MacGibbon (project). Mr MacGibbon...
Litia’s Beach Fales in Samoa Being Rebuilt After Devastating Tsunami
The family owned Litia’s Beach Resort at Lalomanu is being rebuilt after everything was swept by last September’s tsunami. The family chief, Taula Faula’au Sini told Talamua that they are currently building a seawall and a higher foundation...
Couple Deny Witchcraft in Samoa’s Supreme Court
Samoa’s first court case of witchcraft that allegedly resulted in the death of a 54 year old mother, is being heard in the Supreme Court this week. The defendants are Felaua’i Lavasi’i and Sela Felaua’i of Levi, Sale’imoa...
