DEEP POCKETS

With none of Manu Samoa's games in Apia, it would be natural to assume that the team may spend very little time training on home soil. Hopefully, Lakapi Samoa has deep pockets.

RENTALS

Prices of rental properties continue to skyrocket. There are some places asking as much as $10, 000 per month. It’s not only food that is expensive.

MAMMOGRAM

The national hospital is without a mammogram machine. According to the health boss, a tender was supposed to be called on 31 March for its supply. Has that happened?

EXPIRY

Bigger shops are getting rid of items nearing expiry by dropping prices below a tala. The smaller shops are buying this in bulk to sell it at triple the price.

PROFITS

Wooden bus owners are against phasing out the ‘death on wheels’. Profits outweigh the cost of a life. The government can help by providing duty concessions on the purchase of new buses.

UNRULY

A teacher has claimed that students, even in primary school, are getting out of hand, with some even throwing items at teachers when they are in class. Charity begins at home.