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Study Commission Report
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News for Monday, April
28, 2008
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Eni states
wage hikes inevitable, unless canneries supply more data
Congressman
Faleomavaega Eni has criticized the canneries for failing to
provide necessary data about their profitability-information
needed to determine if further increases in minimum wage would
result in lay-offs or closure. (read more)
MP calls
for Head Of State not to sign RHD Warrant
The fight
against the road switch policy is being revived with a call from
Falealupo Member of Parliament, Aeau Peniamina, for the Head
of State, His Highness Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Efi, not to sign
the legal warrant. (read more)
According
to DOE director, summer PEC conference will boost local economy
Department
of Education director Dr. Claire Poumele is confident that the
upcoming Pacific Education Conference (PEC) set for July 14-17
in American Samoa will be a success and will pour additional
revenue into a local economy already struggling with the high
cost of living. (read more)
Just
asking... Samoa
News reported in its Saturday edition that Congressman Faleomavaega
Eni and Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands Gov. Benigno
Fitial are working together to resolve the next minimum wage
hike and have sent a joint letter to certain congressional members.
Why didn't Faleomavaega co-author the letter with Gov. Togiola
Tulafono? Is the Congressman having a difference with Togiola?
(read
more)
Call for Artists!See
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Community
Briefs (read
more)
Tuvalu
is 11th Forum country to ratify the Pacific Island Countries
Trade Agreement.
The Free
Trade Agreement among the Forum Island Countries aims to gradually
reduce import duties on goods that originate from the member
countries. Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Papua New
Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu have
ratified PICTA. (read more)
The People and Customs pt. 12
We welcome
Vanuatu 'Land Eternal' as one of the latest countries to opt
to participate in the 10th Festival of Pacific Arts. (read more)
Letters (read
more)
For Sale - Fishing Boats
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Faatupulaia
le aafia o tagata mai fafo i solitulafono
O le
aafia ai o tagata mai fafo o loo i lalo o le polokalame o avanoa
faigaluega i kamupani i'a, e le fou i le silasila a le faamasinoga,
ma ua maitauina foi le faatupulaia. (fa'aauau)
Le auai
le Kovana i le tatala aloaiaina o lana Fono Faapitoa i le taeao
nei
O le
a le auai le taitai o le atunuu i le tatala aloaiaina o le Fono
Faapitoa a le Fono Faitulafono, lea ua faamoemoe e tatala aloaiaina
i le itula e 10 i le taeao nei, ae ua faamoemoe e tatala lava
le tauaofiaga a le maota latou, e pei ona faamaonia mai e le
afioga i le alii Peresetene o le Senate, tofa Lolo Moliga. (fa'aauau)
Faasalalau
tuusa'o e se kamupani Fiti taualumaga Faaaliga o Tu ma Aganuu
a le Pasefika
Ua faamaonia
mai e le komiti o le tapenaga mo le Faaaliga lona 10 o Tu ma
Aganuu a le Pasefika, le filifilia lea o se kamupani faasalalau
mai Fiti, latou te faasalalauina le talimalo a Amerika Samoa,
mo le faamoemoe o le Faaaliga lona 10 o Tu ma Aganuu a le Pasefika,
lea ua faamoemoe e amataina i le aso 20 o Iulai ae maea i le
aso 2 o Aokuso. (fa'aauau)
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