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Quarantine officer guilty of drugs charge

A Quarantine officer accused of smuggling methamphetamine was found guilty of the charge yesterday by a panel of assessors in the Supreme Court.

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Jack Lam in doubt

Manu Samoa open side flanker, Jack Lam is under an injury cloud and might not be able to make the team for the all-important final of the Incoming Series against the Springboks in Johannesburg on Sunday morning.

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Chaske Spencer: A wolf at the door of change

“If you look at the films back in the day, we were looked at as savages, people who were dumb drunks. If you look at the history books, it’s skimmed over about the history of the Native Americans” – Chaske Spencer

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‘Drunken’ claim infuriates M.P

“You shouldn't just open your mouth - Aua le so’oga fa’amaga lou guku,” A’eau Peniamina to PM Tuilaepa Sa’ilele Veteran Member of Parliament, A’eau Peniamina Le’avai served Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi some of his own medicine yesterday.

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Business

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Vailima Pure boost market share

The introduction of Vailima Pure - known as the “baby” of Vailima Breweries - in September has boosted the company’s overseas market share.

Public Service

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Power cuts continue to hit Upolu

Testing the $91.2 million tala generators at the Fiaga Power Station continues to cause problems for families in Upolu facing continued power cuts, causing damage to some electrical goods.

Technology

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A music-playing bottle? That must be some kind of record

The world's first music-playing beer bottle has been created in New Zealand.

Politics

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‘Know your Parliament’

“Although this week directly focuses on college students, Parliament doors are by no means closed to members of the general public wishing to participate”

Health

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Red Cross and giving the gift of life

Think tsunam is and other natural disasters and the Red Cross organisation springs to mind.

Community & Social Development

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Professor Viali elected to lead region

A Samoan doctor has been elected to head a Pacific professional medical specialist society for the first time.

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Samoan Migrants

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Su’a warns Samoan migrants

“If you come to NZ without a qualification or trade, then you are most likely to be working in low paid jobs under difficult conditions. You are most likely to struggle to find on-going permanent work, and you’ll struggle to find affordable accommodation” – Su’a William Sio

Aid & Support

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Japan gives $787,000 for grass roots

18 June 2013, – Japan signed over three projects underitsGrant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects during a ceremony held yesterday.

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Samoa today

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Isn’t it sad that as the government continues to bleed every sene from the taxpayers to fulfil its grand vision about gambling, casinos and turning Apia into a mini-Hong Kong and yet the poorest of people in this country will soon pay more to see a doctor?

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What adversity teaches

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“If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome” – Anne Bradstreet.

Samoan Language Commission a good idea – but ...

The Head of State, His Highness Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Efi, rightly drew attention to the threat of loss to the Samoan language in his Independence message.   

Letters

Fiji choral leader praises Samoa youth

Dear Editor, While in Samoa, I got to meet some fascinating student leaders.  One of them is Year 13 Norman Faalogo of Saint Joseph College.

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Learn the lesson from car manufacturers

Dear Editor, As I opened the Samoa Observer today (12/6/13) I read all sorts of commentaries, all negative, toward the performance of the STA.

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Girl beheads father after rape

A gory killing underscores what experts say is an epidemic of violence against women in Papua New Guinea. BANGKOK, Thailand — A remote village has rallied to an 18-year-old girl's defense after she beheaded her father, who she accused of raping her repeatedly, according to a report in Papua New Guinea's Post-Courier newspaper.

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