Errors in Sales Tax Bill Delay Action in the House
Chairman of the Revenue Task Force, Attorney General Eleasalo Talauega Ale, has apologized to members of the House Ways and Means Committee for mistakes identified with one of the ...Read more
Chairman of the Revenue Task Force, Attorney General Eleasalo Talauega Ale, has apologized to members of the House Ways and Means Committee for mistakes identified with one of the ...Read more
Manu’a Faipule, Rep. Toeaina Faufano Autele, is calling for the removal of several divisions of the Department of Education where some of the most educated professionals are sitting when they ...Read more
Manu’a Representative Toeina Faufano Autele believes the Department of Agriculture may have been too hasty in enforcing a temporary ban on taro imports from Samoa. The lawmaker was in Apia ...Read more
The Fono is heeding the Governor’s request to review director nominees who will be heading to Washington D.C. with him next month. In the House of Representatives this morning the following ...Read more
In the House of Representatives election, 15 incumbent faipule will return when the 35th legislature convenes in January, joined by six new lawmakers. Those who were defeated in yesterday’s ...Read more
The Criminal Justice Planning Agency (CJPA) is making available funding to hire 7 new police officers for the Department of Public Safety. CJPA Director Keith Gebauer says the funding is made ...Read more
A question that Public Defender Douglas Fiaui fielded during a House hearing about challenges faced by his office was whether the Probation Office should be removed from the courts and made to ...Read more
Some laws are causing more harm than good, according to Public Defender Douglas Fiaui. Fiaui has recommended that the Fono review the enforcement and applicability of certain laws. The Public ...Read more
The MV Sili would be out of commission for another 6 weeks, according to Deputy Director of Port Administration, Christopher King. The vessel has been under drydock at the government slipway and ...Read more
House Speaker Savali Talavou Ale observed that some House members have doubts about the administration’s budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2017. The House voted 15-0 to approve the budget bill in ...Read more