Ads by Google
Ads by Google
FAST party
Apia, SAMOA — (August 30, 2025) The people of Samoa have spoken at the ballot box, choosing to elect a new leader, La‘aulialemalietoa Leuatea Polataivao Fosi, and in doing so, returning the Fa'atuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST) Party to power.
Unofficial preliminary results from last Friday's...
Local committee members of the Faʻatuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST) Party began registering caucus members in Utulei yesterday, marking the start of coordinated outreach efforts in the Territory. The initiative is part of FAST’s broader campaign strategy ahead of Samoa’s general election,...
Apia, Samoa — 27 May 2025 (Samoa Time) – Samoa’s Government led by first female Prime Minister, Fiame Naomi Mataafa has fallen after Parliament rejected the 2025/2026 Budget on the first reading in a highly expected session this morning.
The outcome is the latest in months of a political...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa’s prime minister and the five other ousted members of the ruling FAST Party are reportedly challenging their removal.
FAST chair La’auli Leuatea Schmidt on Wednesday announced the removal of the prime minister and five Cabinet ministers from the ruling party.
Twenty party...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's opposition has filed a legal challenge in court against the indefinite suspension of party leader Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi and party secretary Lealailepule Rimoni Aiafi from Parliament.
They were both suspended indefinitely on May 24 following a recommendation by the...
Apia, SAMOA — The FAST Party is ahead by four out of six seats in last night’s by-election provisional results.
Former Manu Samoa Coach, Faleomavaega Titimaea Tafua polled 1026 votes ahead of HRPP woman candidate Faagasealii Sapoa Feagiai with 594 votes in the Aleipata Itupa i Lalo constituency.
At...
Apia, SAMOA — The FAST party in Samoa has secured four of the six seats from the Friday by-elections, increasing its numbers in the House to 31 representatives.
Following the preliminary counting on Friday night, only Sagaga 2 and A'ana Alofi 2 had been retained by the Human Rights Protection Party...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's opposition leader, Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, has called on the FAST government to stop withholding salaries for the Human Rights Protection Party parliamentarians.
TV1Samoa reports that Tuilaepa made the call at a news conference saying none of them had been paid since...
Apia, SAMOA — The Samoan Prime Minister and her predecessor embraced to cheers in Parliament on Friday, effectively ending months of turmoil following the disputed April election.
It came after opposition MPs were sworn in after a court ruling paved the way for them to be allowed into parliament....
Apia, SAMOA — As Samoa police were poised to remove opposition HRPP members from Parliament grounds by force the Head of State, Tuimalealiifano Vaaletoa Sualauvi II, arrived and was then seen greeting the tearful leader of the HRPP Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi.
Despite the police instructing the...