Improving reading skills
An expert from New Zealand has been brought in to share ways of boosting reading among young readers. Sunshine Books expert partner Judy Stevenson provided free training for teachers in collaboration...
View ArticleDelay hits Market again
Farmers braving the hot sun and torrential downpours at Fugalei will have to endure the conditions a little more. After years of waiting – followed by the promise that the Fugalei Market would open in...
View ArticleTaro and traffic, the life ‘in paradise’
Rain or shine, the farmers are willing to brave the elements just to earn money to put food on the table. That’s the reaction from most of the vendors who this week got news that the multi-million...
View ArticleP.M. stands by Apia beach plan
Prime Minister, Tuilaepa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi, has rejected criticism of the plan to build a beach area with shops and restaurants as “old men” making noise “as usual”. Tuilaepa says the beautifying of...
View ArticleCabinet endorses ‘corruption’ report
Prime Minister, Tuilaepa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi, says Cabinet has “fully approved the recommendations” from a Commission of Inquiry into allegations of corruption at the Ministry of Police and Prisons....
View ArticleGovt. lab needs taxpayers’ backing
The Scientific Research Organisation of Samoa (S.R.O.S.) needs the continuous financial support of government to assist its future projects, a Parliamentary Committee has found. The Education, Science,...
View ArticleGym to finish in two weeks
A Samoa College Old Pupils Association (S.C.O.P.A.) radiothon was held yesterday at Samoa College’s gym, Vaivase. “As you can see, we have nearly completed the school gym,” said S.C.O.P.A. President,...
View ArticleP.M. issues statement on Police Commission
The Office of the Press Secretariat yesterday issued a statement from the Prime Minister about the Commission of Inquiry’s report into Tafaigata Prison. It is published here in verbatim: Cabinet on...
View ArticleFamily stops road
“They can easily go and carry themselves up the hill and so I find that there is no problem at all with the track they currently use to access to the main village.” A family at Magiagi has dashed the...
View ArticlePolice tackle Samoa’s dog woes
The Police are working towards “effective” dog control in the lead up to the Small Island Developing States (S.I.D.S) meeting in September. In a statement issued by Assistant Police Commissioner,...
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