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PM Tuilaepa having friend fish and lemon at the Suva Market. Photo Tomasi Peni
MY SAY : Nothing Special About Being A Normal Person

PM Tuilaepa made quite an impression on his recent visit to Fiji by wandering around the Suva market like an ordinary citizen, chatting up the vendors and showing his human side.

The Fiji media picked up on the uncharacteristic activities for a prominent political leader and made him a people’s champion.

The report did not say whether Bainimarama take similar walks in a busy public place in the Fijian capital.

File photo of  some of the EFKS ‘faifeau’ leaving the courtroom  during a break in tax return hearing charges
‘Faifeau’ Tax Talk Moved To 2020 ‘Fono Tele’
The matter on the EFKS church ministers paying taxes will not be discussed until the 2020 Annual Conference.
The ending that divided the GOT followers
Dear Oh Dear ……and so they mourn

Condolences to all the fans of GOT’s, Daenarys Targaryen, in their moment of sorry and grief. 

Jon Snow did the right thing. The woman was going mad like her dad. Her dragon would have wasted the whole of Westeros.

If you want a villain, it’s that little Lannister fella with the dwarf body and the big brains.  He’s the one who talked Jon Snow into plunging the killing dagger into the heart of his beloved Mother of the Dragons.

Ioane Viliamu 6-storey building under renovations that ballooned from about $3m to $8m and led to the $4.3m tala loss the EFKS Church had to write off.
Church Writes Off $4.3m On Building Renovations
The EFKS Church is forced to write off $4.3m tala on the cost to renovations initially carried out from 2013 to 2016 on the Ioane Viliamu 6-storey building, Tamaligi.
GUILTY : Peter Tulaga in court  where he was ruled guilty of attempted murder on Frysna Rimoni
 Peter Tulaga Did Try To Murder Rimoni Court Rules
The panel of five assessors, two women and three men, presiding in the attempted murder trial of prominent farmer Peter Tulaga, 38, have found him guilty as charged.

Crime

File photo of Filipino Faisauvale in court
Filipaina and Ovaleni request for transfer to Tafaigata denied
The application to be transferred back to Tafaigata Prison from the Apia Police Station, made with the Supreme Court by inmates Tagaloasa Filipaina Faisauvale and Ovaleni Poli, has been denied.
File photo of the ambulance rushing the victim to the airport to be flown to NZ for specialised facial surgery
Gory findings emerge on day three of Tulaga trial

Gory details from the police search in the bedroom where Ms. Frysna Rimoni was allegedly shot in the face, emerged Thursday when officers testified in the attempted murder trial of Peter Tulaga.

Pieces of human flesh, teeth, bone fragments, blood-stained sheets, curtains and clothing were found during a three-day investigation at the crime scene, a home in Vailoa belonging to Tulaga's mother.

( l r) Defense attorneys Faualo Harry Schuster and Maureen Tuimalealiifano. Prosecutors Ann Matalasi and Leone Su’a Mailo,
Preacher Testifies in Brother’s Attempted Murder Trial
The preacher brother of prominent farmer Peter Tulaga testified as a prosecution witness in the trial of his little brother who is facing attempted murder for shooting his alleged lover in the face with a shotgun in mid-January, 2019 in Vailoa.
Maiava Visekota Peteru, prominent lawyer and former MP suspended
Private Solicitor To Fix Suspension
Suspended private solicitor, Maiava Visekota Peteru, is ready to fix the problem that has temporarily suspended her certificate to practice law.
Walking the corridor of justice
Man pleads guilty to manslaughter in death of teacher from China

A 31-year-old man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter and two lesser charges in connection with the August 2018 death of volunteer teacher Charles Chao, who moved to Samoa from China.

The defendant, Tauinaola Luapua, of Salelavalu, Gataivai and Vaitele-fou, appeared before Supreme Court Justice Leaiataualesa Daryl M. Clarke early this week on Monday.

Luapua entered pleas of guilty to three charges – manslaughter, assault and robbery.

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File photo of  some of the EFKS ‘faifeau’ leaving the courtroom  during a break in tax return hearing charges
‘Faifeau’ Tax Talk Moved To 2020 ‘Fono Tele’
The matter on the EFKS church ministers paying taxes will not be discussed until the 2020 Annual Conference.
Ioane Viliamu 6-storey building under renovations that ballooned from about $3m to $8m and led to the $4.3m tala loss the EFKS Church had to write off.
Church Writes Off $4.3m On Building Renovations
The EFKS Church is forced to write off $4.3m tala on the cost to renovations initially carried out from 2013 to 2016 on the Ioane Viliamu 6-storey building, Tamaligi.
Chief Executive Officer Of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Tilafono David Hunter, and final checks on bananas before export.
Farmers Can Still Export Banana But Follow Manual

Good news for the members of the Bananas Farmers Association in that the door is still open for them to export but  they must follow the production manual.

The production will help to improve the planting and caring of the bananas trees.

​​​​​​​ Aftermath of the tsunami (inset) ADRA  Project Manager Community Disaster Risk Management Tuioti Sakaria Taituave
10th Anniversar of 2009 Tsunami Commemorated

This year will mark the tenth anniversary of the deadly tsunami  that struck Samoa killing  over a 100 people of Falealili and Aleipata and caused so much destruction along the southern-western coastline of  Upolu.

Lifestyle

LDS President Russell Nelson on a courtesy call on the Head of State High Highness Tuimalealiifano
Head of State addresses 'Saints of Samoa' at devotional

Samoa Head of State His Highness Tui Aana Tuimalealiifano Vaaletoa Sualauvi II addressed the thousands of members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who assembled at Pesega field Saturday night to hear their visiting Church leader President Russell M. Nelson speak.

The Head of State and his Masiofo Faamausili Leinafo Tuimalealiifano, both graduates of the Congregational Christian Church of Samoa (CCCS) Theological College at Malua, were special guests of the devotional

Newly ordained EFKS 'faifeau' and their wives (background) group photo with the Committee of Elders
13 EFKS  Church Ministers Ordained
Thirteen Church ministers of the EFKS Church ( Congregational  Christian Church of Samoa CCCS)were ordained this morning 18 May at Malua in a special service.

Lifestyle

Clockwise from top left : : Ilasa Tapelu and Rev. Timoteo Tapelu, Rev.Vaasaumamao and his wife Elizabeth Si'a  and Rev Sotiaka Risatisone and his wife Vanu Roma
Ordained for a higher calling
 To be a church minister is a calling from God was the message emphasised to the church ministers who were ordained yesterday in a special service lead by Rev Elder Tanielu Mamea from Manukau New Zealand.
PROTECT YOUR CHILDREN: Primary children from Nauvoo 1st Ward in Vaivase, await the motorcade of President Russell Marion Nelson, leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, across the street from the John Williams Building in Tamaligi, Saturday, 18 May, 2019. At a devotional in the evening, President Nelson said, "protect your children."
LDS President Nelson: "Protect your children."

President Russell Marion Nelson, leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, urged Samoans to protect our children and families and to fortify our people by being anchored in the Scriptures,  during a two-hour devotional in Pesega Saturday night.

After an exciting welcome with droves of members lined up along the main road to greet him in the afternoon, thousands of Latter-day Saints came from near and far by the bus loads from villages like Safata and Sataoa, to hear him speak in the evening.

Rebel travellers sitting on the stairs to the passenger deck
Dear Oh Dear ……if at first it doesn’t work, there’s always Plan B.

It’s time the SSC retires the guy doing the PR on the public address system on board the Lady Samoa.

He talked himself silly on the first trip by the boat from Salelologa on Tuesday morning, trying to get people off from sitting on the stairs to the passenger deck.

He started off with a stern, bullying voice that fell on dead ears. A softer tone followed but by then the rebel passengers no longer cared.

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Stall owners of designer wear at the Fugalei Market
Fugalei market an on going water leaking disaster for stall owners
Stall owners at the Fugalei market are stressed at the on going problem of the building leaking badly in bad weather.
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