Oceania Samoa Imports last December exceeded exports, causing a $100 million trade deficit, according to a recently released report by the Samoa Bureau of Statistics titled "Overseas Merchandise Trade"
Oceania Samoa The National University of Samoa expects 3.000 students to enrol during this year's registration, despite recent problems with enrolment processes
Oceania Samoa The completion of the Christian Church building in the Worship Centre may be delayed by current difficulties of the shipping and imported goods markets, but it is still expected to be ready by the first quarter of this year
Oceania Samoa Lagipoiva Cherelle Jackson, a Samoan journalist, has been chosen to represent Oceania in the line-up of judges for the One Young World Journalist of the Year award for 2022
Oceania 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
Oceania Samoa 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
Oceania Samoa 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
Oceania Samoa Church leaders have accepted government's plans to repeal the controversial Income Tax Amendment Bill 2017 which required church ministers to pay income tax
Oceania Samoa 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
Oceania Samoa 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
Oceania Samoa “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
Oceania Samoa 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