Parliament

Samoa enacts anti-dumping laws

By Tupuola Terry Tavita Parliament on Tuesday passed an amendment bill empowering Inland Revenue to stem the practice of imported goods flooding the market to kill local business. Explaining new amendments to the Customs Tariff Act 1975, Trade minister Fonotoe Pierre Lauofo said the bill will allow Customs to impose a tariff on an imported good...

Parliament opens with a to-do list from new MPs

By Renate Rivers The XVth Parliament session opened this week with little fanfare and the usual requests from new Members in their maiden speeches delivered to the floor and to the nation via 2AP. Two of the first-term MPs, Toeolesulusulu Cedric Pose and Tuisa Tusi Patea asked for second Parliamentary seats for their constituencies and spoke of the changes...