Job losses top 4,500
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The effect of last year’s record-setting economic decline on the workforce cost more than 18 per cent of Samoans their jobs, new data shows, the Samoa Observer can reveal.
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The effect of last year’s record-setting economic decline on the workforce cost more than 18 per cent of Samoans their jobs, new data shows, the Samoa Observer can reveal.
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