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SPEECH OF MINISTER OF WORKS, TRANSPORT AND INFRASTRUTURE, HONORABLE ‘OLO AFOA FITI VA’AI AT THE LAUNCH OF SAMOA SHIPPING CORPORATION LIMITED’S “MV LADY SAMOA IV” AT THE MATAUTU-TAI WHARF, APIA
SAMOA, November 2 - 01 November, 2022 Rev. Moli Moli Honourable Prime Minister Honourable Ministers of Cabinet Honourable Speaker of the House and Members of Parliament Chief Justice and members of the Judiciary Your Excellency Extraordinary and...
Owner: Samoan Government
Hawaiian Airlines Announces Agreement with Amazon to Operate Freighter Aircraft
To Host Investor Conference Call HONOLULU, Oct. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. HA (the "Company"), the parent company of Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. ("Hawaiian"), today announced an agreement with Amazon.com, Inc. and its...
Owner: Jason Raznick
Nominations and Applications Open for the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST)
Marshalyn Baker, Secondary Mathematics Awardee (1994) shared the value of accepting the nomination and the impact on her life, “Receiving this award took me on a professional and personal journey of a lifetime. I took on leadership roles with...
Owner: American Government
Youth for Human Rights Pledges Grassroots Support for International Anti-Sex Trafficking Initiative in 2020
The Sex Trafficking Demand Reduction Act is a bipartisan initiative that combats the demand that inevitably leads to human trafficking and even sex "tourism" WASHINGTON, DC, US, January 2, 2020 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Youth for Human Rights...
PRESS RELEASE: The Queen’s Green Canopy Tree Planting – World Environment Day (Tuesday 7 June)
SAMOA, June 6 - On Monday 6 June, HE David Ward, British High Commissioner and Seumalo Afele Faiilagi, ACEO of Division of Environment Conservation planted a tree to honour the 70 years of service by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II to the UK and...
Owner: Samoan Government
Mississippi to Receive $600,000 Grant to Assist Mississippi Businesses Interested in Beginning or Increasing International Trade
Sep 27, 2022 - Jackson, MS by: Mississippi Development Authority The U.S. Small Business Administration has awarded the Mississippi Development Authority $600,000 for the State Trade Expansion Program to support Mississippi business interested in...
Owner: The Mississippi Economic Development Council, Inc.
U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $871.2 Million in Emergency Relief for Road and Bridge Repairs
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) today announced $871.2 million in Emergency Relief (ER) funds to help 39 states, as well as American Samoa, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, the...
Business Startup: Understanding the Costs and Tax Deductions
A step by step guide to Business Startup Costs and Tax deductions SILVERADO, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES, September 6, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- One of the most exciting events in life is launching a new business. It is very important to...
ADDRESS BY THE PRIME MINISTER, AFIOGA FIAME NAOMI MATAAFA: ALERT LEVEL 2 DOWNGRADED TO ALERT LEVEL 1 WITH AMENDMENTS (MONDAY, 30th May 2022)
SAMOA, May 30 - Good afternoon Samoa, Our frontline efforts to safeguard our borders and to contain the spread of the COVID 19 virus, continue since our first confirmed community case on 17th of March, 2022. It has been over two months since the...
Owner: Samoan Government
President Biden signs burn pits help for vets, a personal win, too
The president made addressing the problem one of his priorities during his State of the Union address in March. WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden, whose elder son Beau died of cancer years after deploying to Iraq, signed legislation on Wednesday...
Nominations and Applications are Now Open for the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST)
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is currently accepting nominations and applications for the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching (PAEMST). PAEMST is the highest recognition that a Kindergarten through 12th...
Owner: American Government
Press Release - U.S. Department of Transportation Announces $478 Million in Infrastructure Grants to 232 Airports in 43 States
WASHINGTON U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine L. Chao today announced that the Department will award $478 million in airport infrastructure grants to 232 airports in 43 states, including American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, and Puerto Rico....
Owner: American Government
Pacific Air Cargo Was the Presenting Sponsor of St. Jude Hospital Radiothon
As part of PAC Gives Back Philanthropic Activities HONOLULU, HAWAII, UNITED STATES, March 15, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Pacific Air Cargo (PAC) has again stepped up to assist in the fundraising for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital as the...
CORONAVIRUS (COVID19) 21 MARCH 2020 – EMERGENCY ORDERS AMENDMENT
SAMOA, March 21 - (GOVT. PRESS SECRETARIAT); Amendments to the Coronavirus (COVID19) State of Emergency Orders have been approved and signed into law this evening by his Highness the Head of State, Afioga Tuimaleali’ifano Va’aletoa Sualauvii II....
Owner: Samoan Government
STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED
SAMOA, March 20 - GOVT. PRESS SECRETARIAT; A State of Emergency has been declared in Samoa in response to the Corona Virus (COVID-19) global crisis. His Highness, the Head of State, Afioga Tuimaleali’ifano Va’aletoa Sualauvi II pursuant to Article...
Owner: Samoan Government
THE AFRICAN DIASPORA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL TRANSCULTURAL DIALOGUES FILM SERIES
NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES, April 4, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The African Diaspora International Film Festival (ADIFF) - in collaboration with the Office of Diversity and Community Affairs at Teachers College, Columbia university -...
The Delivery People Now Offers Hi-Tech Online Services
Serving the markets of Los Angeles, Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico, Guam, Micronesia and more HONOLULU, HI, UNITED STATES, April 7, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The Delivery People (TDP), a leading freight forwarding and delivery company has recently...
Airlines Want the Government to Create a New Passenger No-Fly List
The CEO of Delta Airlines recently wrote a letter to the Attorney General, asking the Department of Justice to support a “no-fly” list of people convicted of “an on-board disruption” during flights. According to the CEO, Edward H. Bastian, “the...
Owner: American Civil Liberties Union
Airlines Want the Government to Create a New Passenger No-Fly List
The CEO of Delta Airlines recently wrote a letter to the Attorney General, asking the Department of Justice to support a “no-fly” list of people convicted of “an on-board disruption” during flights. According to the CEO, Edward H. Bastian, “the...
Owner: American Civil Liberties Union
Nigerian Engineer Isaac Balami Covers Pleasures Magazine’s March/April 2020 Issue
The commercial aviation industry is a highly complex space, where a large number of entities are involved in the delivery of travel products and services, which is sometimes manifested in a single product from a customer perspective. These actors...