OPINION : Clarity and Selfishness
By Seuamuli Desmond Bentin Melissa had her second Covid -19 shot last Thursday. I had mine on the 4th of…
DEAR OH DEAR … cut the nose to spite the face …c’mon!
Puzzling why this FAST Govt. is not following the daylight savings tradition that has become an accepted part of our…
DEAR OH DEAR ….. cut ‘em strings out
“So sad that after we had hugged and made up the next day poor Tiatia was sacked”. Talk about punching…
OUR SAMOA : Keeping Law and Order
….don’t panic folks! It’s just a police crowd control drill. Nothing to worry your overworked heart over. The training is…
Smallest footprint, biggest trouble: Inside the push to measure the vulnerability of Small Island Developing States.
Written by Simona Marinescu, Ph.D. Resident Coordinator for the UN Multi Country Office for Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau and Samoa.…
DEAR OH DEAR ….to peanut farmers, it’s not peanuts.
There’s a $15,000 tala set aside in the budget for Samoa talks. Why is that a budget item when we’re…
Wake Me Up When You’ve Done Preaching
By Seuamuli Desmond Bentin According to a story in The Guardian by Australian based freelance Pacific Affairs reporter Joshua Macdonald,…
MY SAY : Make A Stand But For Goodness Sakes Stand As One
FILE PHOTO: Teachers outside the TATTE Convention Centre after a MESC meeting
DEAR OH DEAR…. horrors of a budget combing to remember
The way Stui and Co. combed those budget items with surgical intent was mouth opening. A bit rough on the…
OUR SAMOA : Why Not A Farmer’s Car?
….a spade and a pitchfork tucked neatly behind this vehicle’s boot door caught the attention. The top rack made it…