810 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/samoa/67759The Adventist Disaster Relief Agency Samoa (A.D.R.A) in partnership with Habitat for Humanity New Zealand is working to offer support t build evacuation centres in villages. The Evacuation Centre Project is funded by the New Zealand Government which is donating NZ$4 million (T$6.8m). A.D.R.A.Fri, 31 Jul 2020 06:57:00 +0200samoaobserver-ffb26437790a3c988eb78a36c87465b720200731065700https://www.samoanews.com/local-news/fono-news-briefsPago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Governor’s nomination of Mitzie Jessop-Taase for Attorney General of American Samoa was approved by the Senate last week by a unanimous vote of 16-0. The House was scheduled to hold a confirmation hearing for Jessop-Taase last Friday, however it has been rescheduled to this week.Tue, 28 Jul 2020 17:59:00 +0200samoanews-fb4f44d27c24e0a765340363bd596fa220200728175900https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/samoa/67312The Chairman of the National Emergency Operations Centre (N.E.O.C), Ulu Bismarck Crawley, said they are finding out what has happened to the tsunami sirens on the south coast of Uplolu. Residents on the south coast of the island, including Amaile villagers, says the sirens have not been working for a long time which worries them.Fri, 24 Jul 2020 23:18:00 +0200samoaobserver-14f4feef0f558447229e58188c21583520200724231800https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/samoa/67009Tsunami victims living in the vicinity of Aleipata have spent over a year living in fear because they have not heard the sound of a siren that is meant to warn them of an incoming tsunami. The Village Mayor of Amaile, Tupuivao Posini, said village residents, who had been victims of the devastating....Mon, 20 Jul 2020 12:18:00 +0200samoaobserver-c6c2a28b4f9fbc329243fd4401c06c7520200720121800