Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mataafa
Samoa Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mataafa shakes hands with a StarKist employee during her visit to StarKist early Friday morning, July 29, 2022. StarKist employees sported red t-shirts on Friday in honor of the PM’s visit. Many of StarKist employees from Samoa told Samoa News they were very honored...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa District Court Judge Alalatoa Rosela Papalii reluctantly granted another adjournment in the hearing of Prime Minister Fiamē Naomi Mataafa’s private prosecution trial.
She granted the adjournment but also noted that it would be the final adjournment.
Fiame is charged with one...
Washington, D.C. — On Tuesday, Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata congratulated Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa on her historic leadership role as the first female Prime Minister of the Independent State of Samoa, which has been publicly recognized by statements from the U.S. Department of State...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa’s FAST party took matters into their own hands with a swearing in ceremony in a tent on the lawn outside parliament on Monday, May 24, 2021. According to RNZ reporter Jamie Tahana no members of the Human Rights Protection Party were there.
At around 4:40 Samoa time Fiame Naomi...


![Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mataafa with Deputy Prime Minister Tuala Iosefo Ponifasio leave court yesterday morning. Fiame along with other FAST ministers is charged with one count of bribery from the FAST party campaign rally in the lead up to the April general election and the hearing was set for today after two adjournments in May and September. [photo: Talamua Online] Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mataafa with Deputy Prime Minister Tuala Iosefo Ponifasio](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/fiame_n_duputy_tuala.jpg?itok=cZbWRdQ5)

![Samoa’s new Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mataafa was sworn in Monday, May 24, at 6:13 p.m. in an open air tent outside of Parliament. She is pictured here just after taking the oath of office. [screenshot from live stream] Samoa’s new Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mataafa was sworn in Monday, May 24, at 6:13 p.m. in an open air tent outside of Parliament. She is pictured here just after taking the oath of office](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/fiame_just_after_swearing_inweb.jpg?itok=CCW40Nm0)