A new climate-resilient community safe house worth close to half a million tala was officially opened on Apolima Island on Tuesday, as the islanders' defences against climate change and natural disasters got a major boost. The smallest of the four inhabited islands in Samoa which lies in the Apol.
Japanese diplomats on Tuesday got to see the challenges Apolima residents have to endure daily when travelling to or out of their island home.Staff from the Japan Embassy in Apia travelled to the isolated island, nestled on a rocky enclave between Samoa's Upolu and Savai'i islands, for the openin.
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The importance of public infrastructure in Samoa such as airports, roads, bridges, and wharves cannot be downplayed as they can become economic lifelines for a nation that recently wilted under the weight of the COVID-19 pandemic.Over a year after the reopening of Samoa’s international borders, t.