APIA: THURSDAY 23 MAY 2013: Six more Australian Volunteers arrived in Samoa this week to share their expertise and skills with local organisations. The new group will join the 29 other Australian Volunteers presently in Samoa. An orientation for the new volunteers was held at the Australian High Commission. The volunteers are funded through the [...]

APIA: MONDAY 20 MAY 2013: The Associate Minister of Finance, Peseta Vaifou Tevaga says he resigned ahead of the announcement by the Prime Minister that he and fellow Associate Minister Tiavalea Seinafo were terminated. Peseta told Talamua that he tendered his resignation with the Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance ahead of last Thursday’s [...]

APIA: FRIDAY 16 MAY 2013: The Australian Government will provide an estimated WST103.8 million (A$45.8 million) in official development assistance to Samoa in 2013-14. The 2013-14 budget includes WST$10.2 million to meet Australia’s commitment to support Samoa’s recovery from Cyclone Evan.  Specifically, the funds will be used to help rebuild schools and health centres. “Australia [...]

Press Release APIA: THURSDAY 16 MAY 2013: Samoan musicians will be playing a special concert to honour and raise funds for one of Samoa’s best musicians who is undergoing treatment for advanced lung cancer in Auckland, New Zealand. The concert will be staged at the Manumea Hotel, Vailima Monday 3 June 2013, the Independence public [...]

by Faumuina Tafuna’i APIA: WEDNESDAY 15th MAY 2013: Solar-powered lights to live by, read by and save by are the focus of a Rotary Apia project that is being run in partnership with Women in Business. Rotarian Robyn O’Dell says the solar-powered lights should improve the quality of life for families without power and reduce [...]