Samoa

Tentatively a pilot project to this effect will start before the end of the year, the Chief Executive with the Ministry of Prime Minister and Cabinet Agafili Tomaimano Shem Leo announced at the signing ceremonies this week of Memorandum of Understanding with villages also related the seasonal workers.

The binding agreement is geared to safeguard the integrity of seasonal employment partnerships with New Zealand and Australia.

The survey also reveals that the main reasons for incomplete education are because families could no longer afford school fees, and others have taken on the role of caretakers for elderly and other family members.

The results are contained in the Tracer Youth Employment Survey Report launched yesterday by the Samoa National Youth Council in partnership with the Pacific Leadership Program and support from the International Labour Organization.

This month, the three branches of Sa Malietoa in Samoa seemingly reached an agreement on who should hold the paramount title, unanimously deciding to bestow it on Faamausili Moli, a son of the late head of state and title holder, Malietoa Tanumafili II.

There have been grumblings on social media but RNZI correspondent, Autagavaia Tipi Autagavaia, said members of the family had up to three months to contest the decision.

He made the comment in response to concerns raised by 24 MPs including a handful of Associate Ministers questioning why the teachers shortage situation has not been resolved yet.

“It’s a fact,” continued Loau. “And there are reasons why.
“Some teachers have left the country after securing permanent residency in New Zealand under the annual quota system.

“Others teachers have left the classrooms for better paying desk jobs within the sector and in the private sector.
“The services of others have been terminated for valid reasons.”

Tonga take on Samoa on Saturday in the 2017 Pacific Nations Cup opener before tackling Fiji on July 8.

“We are on track,” the former Wallabies No.8 said.

It’s been several years since there has been an international rugby match at Teufaiva Stadium. The Tonga Rugby Union (TRU) is hosting two matches of the 2017 PNC.

The last international rugby game to be held at Teufaiva Stadium, according to the TRU was in 2012, between Tonga and the Flying Fijians.

The new legislation is designed to tackle the growing threat posed by the abusive use of alcohol and unlawful production of liquor in Samoa.

“The need for reform of laws relating to alcohol is aimed at reducing harm such as criminal offending where alcohol is a significant contributory factor and is aligned with the Strategy for the Development of Samoa 2012-2016 for an improved quality of life for all,” said the Samoa Law Reform Commission, (SLRC) in its report to Cabinet.

Mrs Burich is the Executive Officer of the Samoa Cancer Society and has grown vanilla for the past nine years.  Initially she just wanted “something to do while I was home.”

Fortuitously, international prices have risen from $100 a kg in 2015 to $600 in April, according to Craig Nelson of US vanilla and flavouring group Nielsen Massey.

The signing ceremony for the Memorandum of Understanding, (M.O.U.) with village mayors from Upolu will take place tomorrow (Monday) at the STA Samoan Fale at 11:30am.

Signing ceremonies for Savai’i will be at the Apita o Pisaga next week Tuesday at 10:00am.

The M.O.U., according to the M.P.M.C’s Chief Executive Agafili Tomaimano Shem Leo is designed to represent the governments and the Samoan seasonal workers best interest in protecting the employment program for Samoans to work overseas on a temporary basis.

And it’s a record performance achieved in a period of 11 months with a month to go before the end of the current fiscal year, the Minister of Revenue Tialavea Tionisio Hunt told parliament during the current Budget Estimate debate.

In 2011, Tialavea says that MOR collected $420 million.

In 2012, it dropped to $377 million but jumped again in 2013 to $409 million.

Kicking off just over a year after the 2016 OFC U-17 Championship – and only a few months after the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup Papua New Guinea – there are many familiar faces coming to Auckland this July.

Defending champions New Zealand have recruited an army of international experience for their attempt at a sixth-consecutive title including Malia Steinmetz, Grace Jale, and goalkeeper Anna Leat – who will offer senior international football experience to Gareth Turnball’s squad having already been in the mix for the New Zealand national women’s team.