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Ruling Government MPs clash in Parliament

BY Alan Ah Mu APIA: WEDNESDAY 19 JUNE 2013: The removal of two associate ministers from Ministry of Finance was spot on. Their removal ensured the 2013/14 Budget was the best yet. That attack on Peseta Vaifou Tevaga and Tialavea Fea Seigafolava came not from the Opposition benches but from fellow Human Rights Protection Party [...]

MP: NZ should help Quota migrants find jobs

by Alan Ah Mu APIA:WEDNESDAY 19 JUNE 2013: The New Zealand government should help find jobs for migrants eligible for residence there under the Quota ballot. Sagaga Le Usoga MP, Muagututagata Peter Ah Him suggested such a move to make it easier for applicants to meet the compulsory Quota requirement to find a job in [...]

Latest News, Local News, Rugby, Sports June 18th, 2013 by

RUGBY: Surprise! Uale Ma’i is back

  by Alan Ah Mu APIA: WEDNESDAY 19 JUNE 2013: Just when Uale Ma’i was thought to be settling into the ranks of past legends, the Manu Samoa 7s great is back. Coach Stephen Betham today pulled a big surprise naming Ma’i in his IRB Rugby World Cup Sevens team. Former Manu 7s captain, former IRB [...]

Health June 18th, 2013 by

HEALTH: More green leaves needed in Samoan diet

by Women In Business APIA: WEDESDAY 19 JUNE 2013: How do you get Samoans eating more of the nation’s healthiest leafy green vegetables? That was the focus of a workshop, which was funded by Australian Centre for International Agriculture Research (ACIAR), co-ordinated by Women in Business Development with support from Ministry of Health, last week. [...]

Latest News, Local News, Politics June 18th, 2013 by

Police loses MP’s gun

by Alan Ah Mu APIA: TUESDAY 18 JUNE 2013: Police lost a gun a Member of Parliament handed them to license. Vaisigano No.2 MP Motuopua’a Aisoli Va’ai told Parliament he handed Police his gun before Cyclone Evan struck and that was the last he saw of it. Cyclone Evan struck December last year. Motuopua’a said [...]

Politics June 17th, 2013 by

PM accuses ex-Speaker of being drunk in Parliament

by Alan Ah Mu APIA: TUESDAY 18 JUNE 2013: The Prime Minister accused a former Speaker of being drunk in Parliament this morning. Tuilaepa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi made the accusation when the former Speaker and deputy leader of Tautua Samoa Party, Aeau Peniamina interrupted several times. Before Parliament began discussion of the 2013/14 budget this morning, [...]

Court June 17th, 2013 by

GUILTY! Quarantine officer imported ice

by Lagi Keresoma APIA: TUESDAY 18 JUNE 2013: A Quarantine officer was today found guilty in the Supreme Court of having imported methamphetamine or “ice.” Junior Patau was caught by Customs officers when he appeared at the cargo section at Faleolo International Airport to uplift a bag which contained 60.5 grams of the drug in [...]

PM: National debt nowhere near $1 billion

BY Alan Ah Mu APIA: TUESDAY 18 JUNE 2013: Debt mentioned in the 2013/14 Budget is part of old loans now released to Government. Because loans granted are released in installments over four to five years, Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi said in a ministerial statement in Parliament this morning. That’s why construction of the [...]

Fee increases in Budget 2013/14 is “loveless” says Opposition

BY Lagi Keresoma and Alan Ah Mu APIA: TUESDAY 18 JUNE 2013: Better to increase taxes than increase service fees, the Opposition said in an attack of the 2013/14 budget before it comes up for debate in Parliament today. In tabling the budget two weeks ago Minister of Finance Faumuina Tiatia Liuga said he was [...]

Missing couple owned the ice accused says

By Lagi Keresoma APIA: TUESDAY 18 JUNE 2013: A Samoa Quarantine Services officer who uplifted a bag which contained methamphetamine or ice said the cargo belonged to a couple who have fled the country. The couple Paulo and Patricia Afamasaga fled in March while awaiting sentencing for drug charges. Accused Junior Patau, of Vaiala, uplifted [...]

TRAGEDY: Brother shot sister dead by accident

By Lagi Keresoma APIA: TUESDAY 18 JUNE 2013: The fatal shooting of Olive Pepe by her brother Tasi Pepe was an accidental tragedy, the Supreme Court ruled today. “This is a case of sheer carelessness and negligence by the defendant,” said Justice Vui Clarence Nelson. The Court was satisfied that the defendant “did not intend [...]

Ruling Government MPs clash in Parliament

BY Alan Ah Mu APIA: WEDNESDAY 19 JUNE 2013: The removal of two associate ministers from Ministry of Finance was spot on. Their removal ensured the 2013/14 Budget was the best yet. That attack on Peseta Vaifou Tevaga and [...]

MP: NZ should help Quota migrants find jobs

by Alan Ah Mu APIA:WEDNESDAY 19 JUNE 2013: The New Zealand government should help find jobs for migrants eligible for residence there under the Quota ballot. Sagaga Le Usoga MP, Muagututagata Peter Ah Him suggested such [...]

RUGBY: Surprise! Uale Ma’i is back

  by Alan Ah Mu APIA: WEDNESDAY 19 JUNE 2013: Just when Uale Ma’i was thought to be settling into the ranks of past legends, the Manu Samoa 7s great is back. Coach Stephen Betham today pulled a big surprise namin[...]

HEALTH: More green leaves needed in Samoan diet

by Women In Business APIA: WEDESDAY 19 JUNE 2013: How do you get Samoans eating more of the nation’s healthiest leafy green vegetables? That was the focus of a workshop, which was funded by Australian Centre for Intern[...]

Police loses MP’s gun

by Alan Ah Mu APIA: TUESDAY 18 JUNE 2013: Police lost a gun a Member of Parliament handed them to license. Vaisigano No.2 MP Motuopua’a Aisoli Va’ai told Parliament he handed Police his gun before Cyclone Evan struck[...]

PM accuses ex-Speaker of being drunk in Parliament

by Alan Ah Mu APIA: TUESDAY 18 JUNE 2013: The Prime Minister accused a former Speaker of being drunk in Parliament this morning. Tuilaepa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi made the accusation when the former Speaker and deputy lead[...]

GUILTY! Quarantine officer imported ice

by Lagi Keresoma APIA: TUESDAY 18 JUNE 2013: A Quarantine officer was today found guilty in the Supreme Court of having imported methamphetamine or “ice.” Junior Patau was caught by Customs officers when he appeared [...]

PM: National debt nowhere near $1 billion

BY Alan Ah Mu APIA: TUESDAY 18 JUNE 2013: Debt mentioned in the 2013/14 Budget is part of old loans now released to Government. Because loans granted are released in installments over four to five years, Prime Minister T[...]

Fee increases in Budget 2013/14 is “loveless” says Opposition

BY Lagi Keresoma and Alan Ah Mu APIA: TUESDAY 18 JUNE 2013: Better to increase taxes than increase service fees, the Opposition said in an attack of the 2013/14 budget before it comes up for debate in Parliament today. I[...]

Missing couple owned the ice accused says

By Lagi Keresoma APIA: TUESDAY 18 JUNE 2013: A Samoa Quarantine Services officer who uplifted a bag which contained methamphetamine or ice said the cargo belonged to a couple who have fled the country. The couple Paulo a[...]