AGP Executive Report
Last update: an hour agoRugby League: Toa Samoa face defending champions Australia in Sunday’s World Cup semi-final, while Fetu Samoa prepare for their first-ever semi-final against the Kiwi Ferns. Media Freedom: Ten countries urged Samoa at a UN review to ease restrictions on journalists, after the government barred the Samoa Observer from press conferences and allegations that a photographer’s images were deleted. Public Concerns: Police are investigating three deaths reported this week, including a child’s fall and a drowning; a man found in the Fuluasou River has yet to be identified. Tertiary students, meanwhile, face exam and results restrictions over unpaid fees the government had pledged to cover. Climate and Commonwealth: Samoa called for accessible, grant-based climate finance to avoid adding to Pacific debt, and has handed the Commonwealth chairmanship to Antigua and Barbuda. Air Travel: Samoa Airways is surveying diaspora interest in investing in a possible return to jet services, but says the survey is not an investment offer.
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