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Samoan musicians will be playing a special concert to honour and raise funds for one of Samoa’s best musicians who is undergoing treatment for advanced lung cancer in Auckland, New Zealand.

The concert will be staged at the Manumea Hotel, Vailima Monday 3 June 2013, the Independence public holiday and is organized by Mac To’omalatai and Etene Fau Sa’aga of the YNot group and Lance Polu of Tama Uli Band.

Harry Miller was diagnosed with advanced lung cancer after a near black out while playing for the opening of the Catholic Education Week at the Holy Family Cathedral on January 27.

OUSTED IRS CHIEF REGRETS TREATMENT OF TEA PARTY
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The ousted head of the Internal Revenue Service apologized to Congress on Friday for his agency's tougher treatment of tea party and other conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status. He said they resulted from a misguided effort to handle a flood of applications, not political bias.
 

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LAPATA’IA TAITAI O LE MALO IA FAAMUAMUA IA I LATOU LE FAIA O MEA LELEI
 

FA’ATULAGA LE ASO E FAIA AI LE FAAMASINOGA AUTU O MIKE SALA
 
Ua sauni Mike Sala mo lona faamasinoga autu lea ua faatulaga i le aso 23 o Setema 2013 i lona moliaga o le ave taavale ‘ona, na afua mai i se faalavelave na tulai mai i Laulii i le masina o Ianuari 2013, ina ua taia i le pito i tua o lana taavale se tagata sa kolosi i luga o le alatele.
 
O lo o tumau pea poloaiga a le faamasinoga o lo o tatala ai Sala. o se tasi na avea muamua ma Faatonusili o le Matagaluega o le Puipuiga o le Saogalemu Lotoifale.

43 AIGA I FAGATOGO MANAOMIA LAINA LAPISI LAFOA’I
 
Na faailoa e le faipule mai Fagatogo ia Maugaoalii Leapai Tusipa Anoa’i, i lana tusi i le Pulesili o le Faalapotopotoga o le Eletise ma le Suavai (ASPA) i le aso 9 Me, 2013 e faapea, mai fale e 85 i totonu o le Fagaloa (Bay Area) o lo o manaomia le fesoota’i i le sewer line, o le 43 o lea aofa’i i aiga i Fagatogo o lo o matua manaomia le fesootai i lea tautua taua.
 

O le tele ai o se vaega tupe o le a le toe maua e le Matagaluega o Uafu ma Taulaga, talu ona amata faamamalu le faatonuga a le alii kovana e ave fua uma ai uta tagata i Manu’a e aunoa ma se totogi, na taua ai e le Faatonusili o le Matalugaega ia Taimalelagi Dr. Claire Poumele Tuia e faapea, afai e mana’omia e le matagaluega se isi vaega tupe e faaleleia ai le vaa pe afai e tula’i mai ni faaletonu i le lumana’i, e leai lava se isi e sulu i ai le matagaluega ua na o le malo lava.
 

Vaega: 56
 
Malo le soifua i le mamalu o le atunu’u ae maise o le au faitau i lenei taeao fou. Fa’afetaia pea le alofa ma le agalelei o le Atua Soifua, ona o Lana tausiga mo i tatou lea o lo’o tatou maua ai pea le ola ma le malosi i aso uma o lo tatou ola.
 
Ae alo maia, o le a toe fa’aauau atu la tatou tala fa’asolo e pei ona masani ai i Aso ta’itasi, Alofa, se ia tiga.
 

Governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga has acknowledged that there is a drug problem in the territory and has convened a group of his directors to tackle the problem.
 
Samoa News asked the governor as to what the administration is doing given the increase of drugs entering the territory through the U.S. Post Office.
 

Governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga is not backing away on his move to discontinue overtime within the American Samoa Government, despite Treasurer Dr Falema’o Phil M Pili asserting that no overtime for Customs means a loss in revenue to the government.
 
Lolo was responding to Samoa News questions in a brief interview following the cabinet meeting yesterday held at the Election Office.
 

With little fanfare in the Samoa press, the Samoa government is pressing for the Acts Interpretation Bill 2013, a law change that defines among other things, what it means to be 'a Samoan person'. A retired Samoan lawyer is adamant it will have a detrimental impact on customary land rights for many Samoans living outside of the country.