Press Releases

SAUNOAGA O LE TALA FA’ATATAU AUTŪ O LE TUPETAUSAGA FA’ALETUPE 2025/2026

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BUDGET ADDRESS FOR FINANCIAL YEAR 2025/2026

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200 SAMOAN WOMEN TO RECEIVE FREE DRIVING AND EV AWARENESS TRAINING

[PRESS RELEASE 15 October 2025 Apia, Samoa] – The Women’s Driving License Programme was officially launched on Friday, 10 October, offering free driving lessons to 200 women across Samoa, together with an Electric Vehicle (EV) awareness course....

TATALAINA ALOAIA O LE A’OA’OGA MO AUAUNAGA O LE AUFAIGALUEGA FESOASOANI FAA-AGAFESOOTAI [Aso Faraile 04 Oketopa 2025]

SAMOA, October 3 - SAUNOAGA AUTU a le Afioga Ile Minisita o Tina Ma Tamaitai, Atinae o Nu’u Ma Agafesootai le Afioga Moefaauouo Julius Ah Kui Tafunai Susu lau susuga i le Taitai o le Sauniga, Afioga i Minisita o le Kapeneta, Fa’aulu’uluga o Pa’aga...

ATTORNEY GENERAL SU’A ADDRESSES LAW SOCIETY’S PRESS STATEMENT. – 3rd October 2025

[PRESS RELEASE]- I fully respect the role of the Samoa Law Society in advocating for the rule of law. However, I respectfully assure the members of the Samoa Law Society that the Honourable Prime Minister, Laaulialemalietoa Leuatea Polataivao Fosi...

OPENING OF THE NEW ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON SCHOOL BUILDING

SAMOA, October 2 - KEYNOTE Speech by the Minister of Education and Culture, Aiono Alec Ekeroma [Friday 03rd October 2025] Today marks a milestone not just for Rober Louis Stevensons School but for Samoa’s education system. This new primary school...

80TH SESSION OF THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY 2025

Samoa’s Participation At The High Level Week Of The Eightieth Session Of The General Assembly Of The United Nations, New York [PRESS RELEASE 22-30 September 2025] – The Deputy Prime Minister, Hon Toelupe Maoiautele Poumulinuku Onesemo led Samoa’s...

FAO AND THREE MINISTRIES PROMOTE SCHOOL GARDENING AND HEALTHY EATING TO SAMOAN STUDENTS

[PRESS RELEASE Apia, Samoa 2 October 2025] – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Culture, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, and the Ministry of Health, has...

JAPAN FUNDS MOBILE CLINIC VEHICLE FOR KIDNEY FOUNDATION & ALEIPATA COLLEGE RENOVATION. 01st October 2025.

Signing Ceremonies Of The Project For The Procurement Of Mobile Clinic Vehicle And Equipment For The National Kidney Foundation Of Samoa And The Project For Renovation Of Aleipata College Under Japan’s Grant Assistance For Grass-Roots Human...

PRESS RELEASE FROM THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.- 1st October 2025.

SAMOA, September 30 - Attorney General Sua Hellene Wallwork explains the “economic emergency” that triggered the Proclamation of the current State of Emergency. [PRESS RELEASE]- I have received a request to clarify the wording for the Proclamation...

Governor Newsom announces appointments 10.22.25

SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Jamie Gillette, of Sacramento, has been appointed Chief Deputy Director at the California Civil Rights Department. Gillette has been Deputy Director of Enforcement at...

NUS HOSTS REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL DELEGATION FOR EU-FUNDED AGRI-TOURISM PROJECT – (Oct 10th, 2025)

[PRESS RELEASE Apia, Samoa] – The National University of Samoa welcomes a visiting delegation from Slovakia, Italy, Vanuatu and Fiji today as part of an ongoing EU funded research project on Agritourism Research Project. The AGRI-TOUR...

POLOAIGA O FAALAVELAVE FAAFUASEI – PROCLAMATION OF EMERGENCY

SAMOA, September 25 -

AUAI ATU O LE SUI PALEMIA I LE FONOTAGA LONA 80 A MALO AUFAATASI

[OFISA SOO’UPU A LE MALO – 22 Setema 2025] – O le a taitaia e le afioga i le Sui Palemia – Hon. Toelupe Maoiautele Poumulinuku Onesemo le usugafono a Samoa i le fonotaga lona 80 a Malo Aufaatasi, e usuia i Niu Ioka mai le aso 21-27 o Setema 2025....

TUUA E LE PALEMIA LE ATUNUU MO TOGAFITIGA FAAFOMAI I NIUSILA

[OFISA O LE SO’OUPU – 22 Setema 2025] – O le aoauli ananafi, 21 Setema 2025 na tuua ai le atunuu e le afioga i le Palemia – Hon. Laaulialemalietoa Polataivao Leuatea Fosi Schmidt mo Niusila, e faatino ona togafitiga faafomai moomia. Na faamautu i...

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RECEPTION TO CELEBRATE THE 76th NATIONAL DAY OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA [18th September 2025]

SAMOA, September 17 - KEYNOTE ADDRESS by the Minister of Finance Hon. Mulipola Anarosa Ale Molioo Members of the Council of Deputies and o outou Faletua, Honourable Ministers, Chief Justice and Members of the Judiciary, Honourable Speaker, Members...

J-Star Applauds the Cooperation of Nasdaq and Ho Chi Minh City to Develop an International Financial Center in Vietnam

TAICHUNG CITY, Taiwan, Oct. 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- J-Star Holding Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: YMAT) (“J-Star” or the “Company”), a leading provider of innovative carbon fiber and composite solutions across a wide range of applications including...

ULUAI SAUNOAGA FAA-PALEMIA A LE AFIOGA IA Hon. LAAULIALEMALIETOA POLATAIVAO LEUATEA FOSI SCHMIDT [Aso Lua 16 Setema 2025]

SAMOA, September 15 - Lou agaga e ia e faamanu atu ia Ieova, o mea uma foi o i totonu ia te au ia faamanu atu i lona suafa paia. Lou agaga e ia e faamanu atu ia Ieova, ma ia aua foi nei galo se mea e tasi o ana meaalofa. O lea ua maea ona sausau...

NEW PRIME MINISTER, MINISTERS & ASSOCIATE MINISTERS SWORN INTO OFFICE. – 16th September 2025.

HON. LA’AULIALEMALIETOA POLĀTA’IVAO LEUATEA FOSI SCHMIDT: PRIME MINISTER OF SAMOA MINISTER: • Ministry of the Prime Minister and Cabinet • Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade • Ministry of Police & Prison • Office of the Attorney General •...