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Latest News, Local News, Politics June 19th, 2013 by

MP given 24 hours for anti-Customs evidence

BY Alan Ah Mu APIA: THURSDAY 20 JUNE 2013: An Opposition Member of Parliament has 24 hours to table evidence that Customs staff was dishonest in collecting tax. Levaopolo Talatonu said in Parliament today Customs can collect over $1 billion but doesn’t because staff don’t do their work honestly. Minister for Revenue, Tuiloma Pule Lameko, [...]

Five principals terminated for abusing school funds

APIA: THRUSDAY 20 JUNE 2013: Five principals have been terminated by the Ministry of Education for using school funds under the school fees subsidy system for personal use. CEO of the Ministry of Education, Sports and Culture, Matafeo Tanielu Aiafi said the move is to send a strong message that such behaviour cannot be tolerated [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

MP given 24 hours for anti-Customs evidence

BY Alan Ah Mu APIA: THURSDAY 20 JUNE 2013: An Opposition Member of Parliament has 24 hours to table evidence that Customs staff was dishonest in collecting tax. Levaopolo Talatonu said in Parliament today Customs can col[...]

Five principals terminated for abusing school funds

APIA: THRUSDAY 20 JUNE 2013: Five principals have been terminated by the Ministry of Education for using school funds under the school fees subsidy system for personal use. CEO of the Ministry of Education, Sports and Cu[...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]