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Nov 16, 2024 | 
samoaobserver.ws | Galumalemana Steven Percival |Faith Leapai
Talofa Samoa and welcome back to your weekly Physiotherapy column! Today’s column is written by CB Physiotherapy: enjoy!Overtraining syndrome is a condition that affects athletes and active individuals who push their bodies beyond their limits. It can lead to physical, mental, and emotional exhaustion, hampering performance and impacting musculoskeletal health. In this blog, we will explore strategies for preventing overtraining syndrome with the assistance of physiotherapy.
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Nov 16, 2024 | 
samoaobserver.ws | Galumalemana Steven Percival |Faith Leapai
So much praise was expressed by delegates to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) held here last month for Prime Minister Fiame’s skilful leading of proceedings and her government’s organisation of the event. Where most of the praise should go is to our people who not only answered the Government call to decorate their villages and show their hospitable side by welcoming the 56 heads of government and their entourage, some of whom did not know where Samoa was before they arrived.
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Nov 16, 2024 | 
samoaobserver.ws | Galumalemana Steven Percival |Faith Leapai
Freedom of expression is not just a right in itself – it is the foundation that allows us to exercise and defend all other human rights, and is safeguarded under international law: CHOGM statement.
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Nov 10, 2024 | 
samoaobserver.ws | Galumalemana Steven Percival |Faith Leapai
In the recent People's Forum held during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2024 at the Tanoa Tusitala Hotel in Apia, Samoa, the issue of inclusivity in television programming was brought to the forefront. Mata'afa Faatino Utumapu, a prominent advocate representing people with disabilities, delivered a compelling message that emphasized the need for sign language interpreters to be included in every television broadcast.
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Nov 9, 2024 | 
samoaobserver.ws | Galumalemana Steven Percival |Faith Leapai
Talofa Samoa and welcome back to your weekly Physiotherapy column! For the past few months, I have been completing my Master of Physiotherapy degree from the University of Otago. Last week I got to present some of my research at the Pacific Voices Symposium in Dunedin and will briefly describe some of the background about my study in this column.
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Nov 9, 2024 | 
samoaobserver.ws | Galumalemana Steven Percival |Faith Leapai
“The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object,” said Thomas Jefferson, the American statesman, planter, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who was the third President of the United States. Now that the will of the American people is known, the next question is: What is the will of President-elect Donald J Trump likely to be for the Pacific and the world?
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Nov 3, 2024 | 
samoaobserver.ws | Galumalemana Steven Percival |Faith Leapai
I am thrilled to share that I won the Pacific Way category in the Photography Competition Exhibition at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2024, held at the People’s Forum at Tanoa Tusitala Hotel on 21 and 22 October. Participating in this event was an amazing experience. Being a young person, learning about real-life challenges and stories is essential for us. It prepares us to handle the future better.
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Nov 2, 2024 | 
samoaobserver.ws | Galumalemana Steven Percival |Faith Leapai
Talofa Samoa and welcome back to your weekly Physiotherapy column! Today's column is written by PhysioChoice in Australia – enjoy!Abdominal separation is an issue that’s usually thought of as something that happens to women after their abdominal wall has been stretched by carrying a child, but it is something we see in people who have not carried children. It is possible, and not uncommon, to find smaller degrees of abdominal separation in young, fit, healthy men, for example.
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Nov 2, 2024 | 
samoaobserver.ws | Galumalemana Steven Percival |Faith Leapai
The question arises because of a recent SAMOA OBSERVER editorial that asserted: For a Cabinet Minister, answering to the public isn’t optional—it’s essential. The Editorial declaration followed the refusal of a certain Cabinet Minister to answer questions put to him by the newspaper.
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Oct 27, 2024 | 
samoaobserver.ws | Galumalemana Steven Percival |Faith Leapai
At the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) People's Forum on October 21, 2024, climate advocate Brianna Fruean made a powerful statement that resonated with many in the room:"Financing is not a destination, it’s oxygen."This was her way of stressing the importance of financial support in the global fight against climate change.
