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Finance CEO takes over SNPF board
Samoa Observer
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The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ministry of Finance, Saoleititi Maeva Betham‑Vaai, has been officially appointed chairperson of the Samoa National Provident Fund (SNPF) Board. The cabinet endorsed the change, with Saoleititi replacing...
$1m Development Project Key to Stable Economy, says Minister
Talamua
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July 2, 2025
By Lagi Keresoma/ Apia, Samoa – 03 July 2025: The caretaker Minister of Finance, Lautimuia Uelese Vaai has confirmed that one of the key factors in the country’s current healthy state of economic growth is the $1million Districts Development...
Philippines still a lower middle-income country, according to World Bank
Business World
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July 2, 2025
THE PHILIPPINES is still classified as a lower middle-income country after just missing the threshold to achieve upper middle-income country (UMIC) status, according to the World Bank. The World Bank’s latest country income classification showed...
UN Handover Samoa’s 3rd National Communication on Climate Change
Talamua
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July 2, 2025
Apia, Samoa – 02 July 2025 – The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has handed over Samoa’s Third National Communication on Climate Change Report and its First Biennial Update Report to the Government of Samoa. The report was handed over...
El Rey Carlos III busca economizar, el tren real se retira tras 156 años de servicio
Los Angeles Times
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July 1, 2025
LONDRES — El Tren Real pronto dejará la estación por última vez. El rey Carlos III ha aceptado que es momento de desmantelar el tren, cuya historia se remonta a la reina Victoria, porque cuesta demasiado operarlo y habría necesitado una...
Historic First: SPBD Solomon Islands Businesswomen Awards
Tavuli News
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July 1, 2025
A groundbreaking milestone was achieved on the morning of Friday 27th June 2025, as SPBD Solomon Islands successfully hosted its first-ever Businesswomen of the Year Awards at St. Barnabas Cathedral Hall in Honiara. Organized by South Pacific...
Central Bank Release: Samoa’s economy forecast to grow by 3.2 percent in next 12 months
Samoa Global News
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July 1, 2025
Tuesday, 1 st July 2025. The Central Bank of Samoa is forecasting a rebound of Samoa’s economy forecasted to grow by 3.2 percent in the coming Financial Year July 2025 – June 2026. The Central Bank of Samoa says it will continue its monetary...
Royal train to end 156 years of service as King Charles III seeks to economise
myMotherLode - California
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The Crown Estate is a portfolio of properties that are owned by the monarch during his reign. The properties are professionally managed and the king cannot dispose of the assets.The Royal Train will soon leave the station for the last time. King...
KFL opens in Samoa
The Fiji Times
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July 1, 2025
Financial services provider Kontiki Finance Ltd (KFL) has opened its new office in Apia, Samoa – a strategic step in expanding its footprint in the Pacific and supporting regional financial inclusion. KFL board chairman Chirk Yam said the Samoa...
Samoan in Jersualem says businesses are slowly opening
RNZ
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July 1, 2025
Smoke billows from a site in the city of Haifa on 16 June 2025 following a fresh barrage of Iranian missiles. Photo: Ahmad Gharabli / AFP A Samoan security officer in Israel says businesses are starting to reopen in Jerusalem, following a...
King Charles and Queen Camilla's royal tour scrutinised as cost of trip to Australia and Samoa revealed
GB News
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June 30, 2025
The staggering cost of King Charles and Queen Camilla's trip to Australia and Samoa last year has been revealed as part of the Royal Household's Sovereign Grant Report. Their Majesties' 11-day tour was the monarch’s first trip to a Commonwealth...
World News | Royal Train to End 156 Years of Service as King Charles III Seeks to Economise
Latestly
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June 30, 2025
London, Jul 1 (AP) The Royal Train will soon leave the station for the last time. King Charles III has accepted it's time to decommission the train, whose history dates back to Queen Victoria, because it costs too much to operate and would have...
A better Samoa starts with education
Samoa Observer
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There are children now faced with an uncertain future as district councils have turned away from the promises they made. For many of these children, education is a means of escaping poverty and achieving a better future. These children are having...
Royal train to end 156 years of service as King Charles III seeks to economize
WHEC 10 - New York
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June 30, 2025
LONDON (AP) — EMBARGOED UNTIL 2100 GMT JUNE 30, 2025. (5 pm eastern) The Royal Train will soon leave the station for the last time. King Charles III has accepted it’s time to decommission the train, whose history dates back to Queen Victoria,...
‘Nail in the coffin’: Pacific rugby leaders raise alarm about NRL’s PNG deal
The Sydney Morning Herald
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July 3, 2025
The Drua say their games are watched by half Fiji’s population of 900,000, but the money flowing toward rugby union from Australia pales in comparison to what has been pledged for the government-financed Pacific rugby league soft diplomacy...
Introducing your National Bank of Samoa Weightlifting Team in Palau for the Mini Games
Samoa Global News
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June 30, 2025
Your nbs Weightlifting Team 🇼🇸 PALAU 2025 Pacific Mini Games Women’s ⚡️Iuniara SIPAIA Event division Super 87kg+ Village : Saoluafata & Vaoala ⚡️Lesila FIAPULE Event division Super 80kg+ Village : Alafua ⚡️Avatu OPELOGE Event division 77kg Village...
From the Heart of Samoa to the Deep South: Taula launches Partnership with Marist Otago Golf Club
Samoa Global News
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June 29, 2025
Source: Marist Otago Golf Club. Taula Beverages has reached the deep south of Aotearoa with a partnership launched this past weekend with Martist Otago Golf Club. Taula featured last Friday at the Gladfield Golf Course as club members braved the...
Speaker and Deputy Speaker can continue tenure: Satama
Samoa Observer
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Legislative Assembly Powers and Privileges Ordinance 1960 stipulate the continuation of the tenure of the Speaker Papalii Li’o Ta’eu Masipa’u and Deputy Speaker Auapa’au Aloitafua Mulipola even after the dissolution of parliament, says the Clerk...
Fresh faces join political veterans in Samoa's 2025 election race
RNZ
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June 29, 2025
Ballot boxes for the 2021 elections. Photo: RNZ Pacific/Tipi Autagavaia With less than nine weeks left until Samoa's early election, several senior public servants are throwing their hats in the ring. One of the higher profile nominees so far is...
PCRIC engages Tiueti
The Fiji Times
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July 2, 2025
The Pacific Catastrophe Risk Insurance Company (PCRIC) has engaged Tonga’s former Finance Minister Tiofilusi Tiueti to lead the development of a national contingency plan aimed at strengthening Tonga’s financial preparedness for natural disasters....