AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoMoana Pasifika survival push: New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters says there’s still a pathway to keep Super Rugby’s Moana Pasifika alive, ruling out a direct government bailout and stressing a sustainable business model after the club was put into liquidation. Health crisis at home: Samoa’s main hospital is rationing critical medicines, including metformin, amlodipine and children’s paracetamol, after low supply and a backlog of unpaid supplier bills; Fiji-based PSH has sent temporary help. Local governance clarity: Government says claims that the District Development Programme has run out of funding are incorrect, explaining district councils are separate legal entities and overdraft decisions sit with banks and councils. Court update—Vietnam shooting links: Police are finalising charges against three locals accused of links to the Vietnam shooting that killed Lorenzo Lemalu; the case is adjourned to 23 June for bail applications. International milestone: Mataafa Faatino Utumapu has been elected to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, a first for Samoa. Sports—Samoan in spotlight abroad: Saracens player Totoa Auvaa, a former Samoa A and Under-20 captain, has been named as the rugby player at the centre of a Ben Stokes nightclub incident now under investigation.
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