Sunday crash sends woman to hospital
Monday, 08 February 2010 09:24

A woman is in a serious condition at the Tupua Tamasese Meaole Hospital after a pick-up truck crashed into a taxi she was traveling in yesterday.
The woman was on her way to buy to’on’ai (Sunday feast) groceries when the incident happened at Lepea.
Misi Misi, an eyewitness, said; “It was the driver of a dark blue Toyota pick-up’s fault.

Traps hunt mongoose at Aleipata PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 08 February 2010 15:46

Thirty traps from New Zealand have been used in Samoa to capture at least one mongoose said to be in the villages of Satitoa and Malaela.
Both villages are in Aleipata, one of the worst affected areas in last year’s tsunami.

The division of conservation at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, says the traps were brought from New Zealand when efforts by villagers and the ministry were unsuccessful.
The villagers saw the animal some weeks after the tsunami.

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Even if it appears so, we doubt it was intentional
Monday, 08 February 2010 09:29

Today’s topic: Is the free education scheme discriminatory?


Is the free education scheme discriminatory? That’s the question posed today by Maposua Solomona Toailoa, President of the People’s Party.
A week after the implementation of the programme which allows children to attend government and church primary schools for free, Maposua said the scheme is discriminatory.



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When will it stop!
Another brawl took place on Saturday night at Tauese.  People who were at a bar upstairs threw bottles down.
A crowd made their way up to the bar and a fight broke out.  Even the boss, who apologised to one angry man who went up to question who threw the bottles, was told to shut up.
Despite the bars closing at a decent hour of 10pm, it seems people always find ways to start trouble. When will it stop?


Great

One boss was giving his staff an earful about dressing up since they meet different people for work. One day, one of his staff members turned up looking very slick.
“You look nice today,” he said.
“Thanks,” she responded as she prepared to leave the office.
“Oh by the way, you are staying in the office today,” the boss said. 
With a smile on her face, she walked out of his office and thought, ‘Great all dressed up and no one will see it…’

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