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Fiame Naomi Mata'afa
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's incoming leader has condemned the actions of the former government and demanded it hand over power. Fiame Naomi Mata'afa, speaking formally as the country's elected prime minister, slammed the behaviour Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi and his Human Rights Protection Party. Fiame'...
Samoa Supreme Court bldg
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa’s Office of the Attorney General, which yesterday asked the Court to recuse all of the judges from sitting on cases pending before the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court — has now rescinded the request. In a press release issued yesterday afternoon the AG’s office says it...
Samoa Supreme Court bldg
Apia, SAMOA — The proposed schedule with respect to electoral matters, to 4 June 2021:  Wednesday 26 May 2021: A panel of three Justices will hear and determine three different applications concerning electoral petitions – these are – (1)  applications to amend electoral petitions which have...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's incoming prime minister has called for the caretaker HRPP government to relinquish power so the country can rebuild. The country is in a constitutional crisis after the FAST party, which won a majority in April's election, was blocked from entering parliament to form a...
Fiame Naomi Mata'afa
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's Prime Minister-elect says she doesn't think the accusation of treason by the incumbent leader holds sway and suggested he his having a hard time letting go of power. Samoa's Attorney-General filed a complaint with the Supreme Court, claiming Monday's swearing in of the FAST...
Monica Miller
Suva, FIJI — Samoa journalists who stood their ground after being told by police to leave a parking lot at the Samoa Supreme Court should receive an apology, and an explanation of why they were not allowed in court, says the Pacific Freedom Forum, PFF. Members of the Samoa media who had gathered at...
Image of Charlie the Tuna at StarKist headquarters
Pittsburgh, PA — StarKist Co. plans to close its Pittsburgh headquarters and relocate to Virginia next year. The company said Monday that it would move to the Washington, D.C., area in 2022. Its Pittsburgh headquarters on the North Shore, near PNC Park, will close on March 31, 2022. “The company...
Associate professor Toeolesulusulu Damon Salesa
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND — The next step in the Samoan crisis is to see where the police land and to get a sense of who is going to line up on which side and who will get “the social licence” to be the legitimate government, says a leading New Zealand academic. Associate professor of Pacific studies...
Fiame Naomi Mataafa
Apia, SAMOA — Fiame Naomi Mata'afa from Samoa's election-winning FAST party has been named the country's first female Prime Minister, in a ceremony her rival called "treason". She named her Cabinet Monday afternoon in the ceremony in a large marquee tent erected on the Parliament grounds. Whether...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA —News media outlets from around the Pacific region were reporting that the political turmoil in Samoa has increased, with the FAST party that holds a majority locked out of parliament in Apia. The Clerk of the Legislative Assembly, Tiatia Graeme Tualauelei met with the...

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