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Samoa - Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
Exercise increased caution in Samoa due to COVID-19.

Samoa consists of the two large islands of Upolu and Savai’i and seven small islets located about halfway between Hawaii and New Zealand in the Polynesian region of the South Pacific. The main island of Upolu is home to nearly three-quarters of Samoa's population and its capital city of Apia. The country has a stable parliamentary democracy with a developing economy.

Loving the language in Tongan and Samoan
From their home in Russell Street a young Gisborne couple had an idea how to to teach their children Pacific languages. Last month they self-published their first two picture books in what will be a ...
Publ.Date : Tue, 12 Jan 2021 16:49:00 GMT

Samoan Justice
Discusses the difficulties that Samoans, particularly Samoan youths, have in adjusting to the legal and social systems in Hawai'i. Describes a number of programs aimed at teaching Hawai?ian-born ...
Publ.Date : Sun, 07 Feb 2010 13:17:00 GMT

What It Was Like to Serve in the Peace Corps, According to 6 Generations of Women
If you?ve ever known someone who served in the Peace Corps, you?ve probably heard the phrase, ?When I was in the Peace Corps?? That?s how universally impactful the experience is. Established by ...
Publ.Date : Fri, 15 Jan 2021 10:16:00 GMT

Samoa: An anti-vaccine epidemic
Samoa has arrested an anti-vaccine campaigner after he reportedly ignored a written warning to stop his activities. The island nation is in the grip of a deadly measles epidemic that has killed ...
Publ.Date : Thu, 05 Dec 2019 13:29:00 GMT

Captivating the Nation: Education and Outreach Programs Bring Communities Together
Over 60 students and teachers from local schools in American Samoa attended and were given the chance to ... graduation requirements for environmental science and 9th-grade English language arts. The ...
Publ.Date : Mon, 20 Jan 2020 19:24:00 GMT

Joe Biden\'s Treasury nominee Janet Yellen tells Congress to act on \'widespread devastation\' caused by COVID by passing $1.9tn package or face even longer recessions
Without further action, we risk a longer, more painful recession now,' Yellen told senators at the hearing to confirm her as the first female treasury secretary, highlighting soaring demand for food ...
Publ.Date : Tue, 19 Jan 2021 10:06:00 GMT

Asamoah Gyan: Yahaya Mohammed has a word of advice for Ghana legend
?He must teach the young ones on the field and lead ... Gyan's career has also taken him to French side Stade Rennais, English outfit Sunderland, United Arab Emirates (UAE) clubs Al Ain and ...
Publ.Date : Fri, 04 Dec 2020 15:23:00 GMT

Virus-free New Zealand parties as world begins ushering in locked-down New Year
The eagerly awaited first seconds of 2021 fell first on the Pacific nations of Kiribati and Samoa, with the uninhabited Howland and Baker Islands the last to tip over into the New Year ...
Publ.Date : Thu, 31 Dec 2020 05:43:00 GMT

New Year 2021 around the world ? As it happened
11:00 The Pacific islands of American Samoa just entered 2021 ? all that is left are the uninhabited Baker and Howland Islands. 10:00 Hawaii was the final US state to bid farewell, five hours ...
Publ.Date : Wed, 13 Jan 2021 07:11:00 GMT

Dr Robyn Orfitelli
I joined the School of English as a lecturer in the fall of 2014 ... the Null-Subject stage in first and second language acquisition, word-level prosody in Samoan, and the syntax-prosody interface in ...
Publ.Date : Sat, 11 Apr 2020 00:53:00 GMT