Samoa

Rugby Toa Samoa legend Frank Pritchard is finally out of coma and in a ward; he was reportedly on life support as a result of complications from Covid-19

The government has begun to address the issue of the tax on church ministers, considered one of the key reasons why the FAST party won the election

The government has signed a grant with the Asian Development Bank to help finance the preparation of land transport projects; the ADB will give $5 million, while the country will contribute $500.000

Quarantine management costs on the government have exceeded $18,5 million to date

Church leaders have accepted government's plans to repeal the controversial Income Tax Amendment Bill 2017 which required church ministers to pay income tax

Ms. Nua Va'ia, VP of the Samoa and Tokelau Association of Recyclers, spoke at a side event of the 3rd Clean Pacific Roundtable to stress the role of women in good recycling practices

The abundance of the first yearly 'rise' of palolo, a local seafood delicacy, has not taken down market prices, that remained higher than past years; the second and last surge is expected later this month

“Open Access” and “Access to Information” were the key areas of an awareness raising workshop for Public Servants, held by the Office of the Ombudsman, aiming at facilitating access to open education resources to build knowledge communities

Samoa's financial regulator has defended the country's offshore industry, implicated in the Pandora Papers as an alleged tax haven, by depicting its role as 'marginal' in comparison to other countries

Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Samoa are preparing for their 191st general conference, a two-day semi-annual meeting in Utah, USA; the meeting will be broadcast across the country this weekend

The prime minister touched on climate change and ocean protection in his speech to the United Nations, underlining how the protection of the marine environment is a priority for Pacific nations

Elected members of the opposition Human Rights Protection Party have been banned from attending the session of Parliament scheduled for today in Mulinuu, the first since the April general election

More than 300 civil servants who are members of the Public Service Association gathered for a meeting closed to the public at Tuutuuileloloto Hall, Mulivai, exercising their right of association by coming together as a workers' union