APIA, 09 SEPTEMBER 2019 (SAMOA OBSERVER) —The President of the Journalists Association of (Western)) Samoa (JAWS) Rudy Bartley, has called on the Government to dump its proposal to criminalise the leaking of Government documents with punishments of up to seven years’ jail. Bartley said the Association is concerned by the planned amendment to the Crimes […]
Tag: Government
Posted inTop Stories
Need time to seek counsel: Governor of Ngiwal
Governor of Ngiwal Ellender Ngirameketti who has been accused of falsifying the amount for five years in Financial Disclosure Statements was scheduled to appear before the court on August 7th but in the events of demise of father-in-law former President Thomas Remengesau, Ngirameketti moved the court for enlargement of time for appearance. Remengesau passed away […]
Posted inTop Stories
Palau says it has achieved seven out of eight MDGs
Palau’s government said it has achieved seven of the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) during the presentation of its Voluntary National Review (VNR) 2019 held in New York on July 16. Education Minister Sinton Soalablai, who delivered the statement on behalf of the Palau government, said that Palau had taken the leadership role in safeguarding […]
Posted inTop Stories
Heir wants ‘just compensation’ over land used by gov’t for school site
A man protested against the government for allegedly continuously using the land he inherited from his mother for public use without just compensation. Ted T. Joshua, heir to the 23,420-sqm land in Melekeok State where a portion of it is occupied by the Melekeok Elementary School campus, took the chance to air his grievances against […]
Posted inFeatures
Conversation with the former President
In the previous article by Island Times, ‘Inner circle of meth traders and users’, a source claimed involvement of people in the national government in the methamphetamine trade. Island Times reached out to the former President Johnson Toribiong to talk about the illegal drug problems assumed to reach the highest reins of public offices. Sitting […]
Posted inTop Stories
Family okays use of land for drought resiliency project
Ngiraremiang family with Vice President Raynold Oilouch (left, first row) during the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and Land Use right for the drought resiliency project in Ngatpang State. (Contributed Photo) A family from Ngatpang State had agreed to allow the government to use a parcel of their land for 50 years for the […]