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Businesswoman confirm she was overseas at the time
Talamua
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June 9, 2025
By Lagi Keresoma/ Apia, Samoa – 09 June 2025: Business woman May Laung Hing Cai has given evidence in court that she was in New Zealand at the time of the hit and run incident that killed Tu’uau Maletino on 21 April 2021. May’s involvement in the...
20,000 malicious IPs and domains taken down in INTERPOL infostealer crackdown
International Criminal Police Organization
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SINGAPORE – More than 20,000 malicious IP addresses or domains linked to information stealers have been taken down in an INTERPOL-coordinated operation against cybercriminal infrastructure. During Operation Secure (January – April 2025) law...
Cameroon Ratifies Samoa Agreement to Extend EU-ACP Trade Pact
Business in Cameroon
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June 12, 2025
(Business in Cameroon) - On June 11, Cameroon officially deposited its instruments of ratification for the Samoa Agreement at the European Union headquarters in Brussels. This new partnership agreement between the European Union (EU) and the...
Samoa protects 30% of its ocean with new marine spatial plan
Oceanographic Magazine
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June 7, 2025
Samoa’s ocean is filled with deep trenches, underwater seamounts, and coral reefs teeming with life. The new MPAs have been established to protect a place that is home to a number of critically endangered and endangered species, including the...
Getting Manu Samoa ready, what do we need?
Samoa Observer
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The last time Manu Samoa played an international match was in September last year. That makes it 10 months to the day when they face Scotland at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand. Manu Samoa played the United States on 21 September 2024 in the...
World Bank keeps PHL growth forecasts
Business World
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June 11, 2025
THE World Bank has kept its economic growth forecasts for the Philippines despite heightened uncertainty arising from the Trump administration’s tariff policies. In its bi-annual Global Economic Prospects report, the multilateral lender said the...
Seven Parties Registered to Contest in Samoa’s General Elections
Samoa Global News
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June 10, 2025
When registrations closed for political parties in the lead-up to the upcoming Samoa General Elections last Friday 6 June 2025, seven political parties had formally registered with the Office of the Electoral Commission. Three parties are well...
Resilient Together: Reflecting on Commonwealth Trade Priorities in a Fractured Global Trading Landscape
The Round Table
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June 11, 2025
Commonwealth Trade Ministers will gather in Windhoek, Namibia, in June 2025 for their biennial Ministerial Meeting at a tumultuous time for global trade. Formidable headwinds are buffeting a global trading system already reeling on the back of the...
WhatsApp Scammers Posing as Prominent Business Owners
Samoa Global News
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June 10, 2025
Several members of the public have been scammed this week by a person posing as prominent business owners by creating copy-cat WhatsApp accounts. A man posing as former Attorney General and Director of SSAB, Tuatagaloa Aumua Ming Leung Wai, has...
Francis Atwoli Re-Elected to the Commonwealth Trade Union Group
Switch TV
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June 10, 2025
Nairobi, Kenya – Francis Atwoli, a familiar name in Kenya’s labour movement, has once again secured a top seat in global trade union politics. The Secretary-General of the Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU) has been re-elected as Deputy...
Son of All Blacks legend and Jacob Umaga receive Test call-ups as 11 uncapped players named in Manu Samoa squad
Planet Rugby
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June 10, 2025
New Manu Samoa head coach Tusi Pisi has named his first squad ahead of the 2025 international season, which includes 11 potential debutants. Samoa will face off against Scotland at Eden Park on July 18 before their Pacific Nations Cup campaign in...
Former HRPP members setup Samoa Labour Party
Samoa Observer
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Several former members of the Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP) have broken away to set up their political party, believing they were no longer needed by their former alliance. Samoa Labour Party has officially registered with the Office of the...
Smaller Team Samoa due to money woes
Samoa Observer
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A total of 58 athletes and officials will be travelling to the Mini Games in Palau this month as financial constraints have limited the participation of a bigger team, said the President of the Samoa Association of Sports and National Olympic...
Samoa caretaker PM and Cabinet united to run under banner of newly formed Political Party
Islands Business
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June 2, 2025
Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown signalled the Cook Islands’ full support for Australia’s proposal to host a future Pacific COP (Conference of the Parties), a regional climate summit that would foreground Pacific priorities on the global...
New record set by Bike Samoa
Samoa Observer
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Samoa bike enthusiasts celebrated World Bicycle Day last week and set a new record for the largest number of local cyclists on the road. Organised by Bike Samoa, the National Federation for Cycling, the peloton included 25 cyclists of all ages,...
On eve of UN Ocean Conference, Samoa protects 30% of its national waters
Matangi Tonga Online
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June 8, 2025
Samoa announced the creation of nine fully protected marine areas. Image: Samoa Marine Spatial Plan, 2024-2034 The Pacific Island nation of Samoa announced the creation of nine fully protected marine areas—safeguarding 30% of its national...
‘Wearing my flag on my heart’: Cook Islander championing climate action in Samoa
Cook Island News
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June 7, 2025
Cook Islander Ewan Cameron at SPREP headquarters in Apia, Samoa. TALAIA MIKA/25060631 For Cook Islander Ewan Cameron, living and working abroad doesn’t mean losing touch with home – in fact, it’s the opposite. Based in Apia, Samoa, with his...
Tiueti leads contingency for Tonga’s disaster finance plan
Talanoa 'O Tonga
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June 6, 2025
The Pacific Catastrophe Risk Insurance Company (PCRIC) has appointed former Finance Minister Tiofilusi Tiueti to lead development of Tonga’s national contingency plan, funded by GSSP and Frankfurt School. Tiueti will design a structured blueprint...
Australia’s Top Strongmen In Samoa
Samoa Global News
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June 6, 2025
Two of Australia’s strongest athletes are in Samoa this week to promote strongman and support athletes competing at this weekend’s BearWell’s Pacific Strongest competition in Apia. Eddie Williams and Jaden Laing will appear at the event as special...
BSP Samoa Strengthens Commitment to Inclusive Education with $5,000 Donation to Loto Taumafai Society
Samoa Global News
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June 6, 2025
BSP Samoa has reaffirmed its dedication to community empowerment and inclusive education with a donation of $5,000 to the Loto Taumafai Society. This funding will support key development projects for the School of Special Needs, ensuring students...