By Lagi Keresoma APIA: TUESDAY 7 MAY 2013: A Member of Parliament has been taken to court by his Asian business partners. Partners of MP Muagututagata Peter Ah Him in Grand Ocean Industries (Samoa) Ltd asked the Court last week for several containers meant for the business to be released from the MP’s premises at [...]

By Lagi Keresoma APIA: TUESDAY 7 MAY 2013: Business couple Scott and Makerita Barlow is jointly charged with one count of possessing utensils for the purpose of the commission of an offence and one count of possessing narcotics, namely cannabis substances. Scott Barlow is also charged with possessing narcotics, namely cannabis substances, possessing narcotics, namely [...]

Alan Ah Mu APIA: TUESDAY 7 MAY 2013: A Government ministry made errors then ignored the tragic consequences this placed a businessman in. An investigation by the Office of the Ombudsman unleashed scathing criticism of Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment’s (MNRE) behaviour over the matter. It involves a saga of a decade in duration [...]

By Lagi Keresoma APIA: TUESDAY 7 MAY 2013: A witness for the Prosecution in the Satapuala case, a Policeman, identified a defendant using the name of another defendant. In the District Court yesterday Corporal Mose Lotomau pointed out defendant Lua Aiga as the defendant he identified as Fa’amanu. Lua and Fa’amanu are amongst 18 Satapuala [...]

By Lagi Keresoma APIA: MONDAY 5 MAY 2013: A couple believed to be facing charges related to alleged importation of the drug ice, entered pleas of not guilty plea through their lawyer. The charges were not read out in Court. Scott Thomas Barlow and wife Makerita Chan Chui Barlow were granted bail today. Both were [...]