Police agriculture
A friend of BTL wonders if the Ministry of Police has a new division called the division of Agriculture.
Between 7.30 and 8am yesterday morning, a police truck, a white Toyota Hilux, with a siren mounted on top drove very slowly on the new expanded road from Vaimoso towards Malifa.
There was a man sitting at the back on top of banana shoots which appeared to be heading for a plantation somewhere. Where the plantation is, could not be confirmed.
One thing that’s certain is the blatant abuse of this vehicle. The plate number by the way is Pol 24.
Someone at the Public Service Commission might want to look into this.

Pageant numbers
So why are there only six contestants for this year’s Miss Teuila?
A colleague of BTL reckons this must be the lowest number of contestants for a long time.
A source said the low number of girls is not for the lack of trying to get some girls.
Given the problems with the pageant winners during the past couple of years, BTL was told many pretty girls don’t want their faces to be associated with an event that’s become a bit of laugh. Kalofa e!

Plastic ban
American Samoa Governor, Togiola Tulafono, has signed into law a ban on the distribution of plastic shopping bags to apply from early next year.
Togiola says the bill, which bans businesses from using plastic shopping bags in sales, is a step in the right direction towards protecting American Samoa natural beauty and land as well as sea creatures.