Alan Ah Mu APIA: TUESDAY 30 APRIL 2013: Government appears to have caved in to sustained criticism over the plight of produce sellers left out in the sun and rain when Fugalei Market was demolished last year. Government workers have been working late to prepare a section of the open space formerly occupied by the [...]

APIA: TUESDAY 30 APRIL 2013: Kiwi horticulturalist Glenn Cant loves the weather in Samoa, but he has been surprised to discover that it can make growing salad vegetables just as much of a challenge as it is in New Zealand – despite the difference in temperature. Mr Cant, who is working as a New Zealand [...]

APIA, TUESDAY 13 APRIL 2013: Samoa is amongst a list of nearly 40 countries that have already cut hunger in half, and it means that Samoa has achieved the target set in Millennium Development Goal 1 as set by the United Nations in 2000. This was announced in a joint press release today issued by [...]

Alan Ah Mu APIA: FRIDAY 12 APRIL 2013: To turn stray dogs meat into canned food for export and for livestock feed was not a serious suggestion. That’s the view of president of Animal Protection Society, Seumanuula Moana Clark. Speaking for the first time on an issue that has caused outrage overseas and here, Seumanuula [...]

  By Lagi Keresoma APIA: FRIDAY 12 APRIL 2013: The Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation, José Graziano da Silva was bestowed a chiefly title reserved for a warrior today. He was bestowed the title of Tagaloaletoaolemalaeoletoto (translated Tagaloa the warrior of the battleground of the blood) in a dawn ceremony surrounded by [...]