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SAMOA ELECTION
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samoa’s Prime Minister-elect, Hon. La'aulialemalietoa, has received warm congratulatory messages, from the Prime Ministers of Samoa’s closest regional development partners, Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.
After a phone conversation with the Samoan Prime Minister-...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Voting commenced in Samoa on Friday, with more than 100,000 eligible voters heading to the polls to decide the country's next government.
A total of 187 candidates will contest 50 seats in parliament, representing six political parties and 46 independents. The governing...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samoans are preparing to vote in crucial national elections on August 29, after its government collapsed amid political infighting.
Muaautasi says ahead of the poll, there's one thing on voters' minds: the cost of living.
In the space of five years, the price of a box of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samoa's election chief has confirmed that 187 candidates will contest this month's general election, with six political parties and independents vying for seats.
The governing FAST Party leads the field with 58 candidates, an increase compared to the 2021 general...
RNZ Pacific — With campaigning well underway for Samoa's general elections, registered political parties have been announcing their policy platforms.
Voters are being courted with manifestos that promise free public healthcare, cash payments for families, job creation schemes, and major...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samoa's Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa has announced she will seek a dissolution of parliament and an early election.
Fiame, who has led a minority government since being ousted from her former FAST party in January, finally conceded defeat on the floor of...
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 — The Samoa Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the HRPP and ordered the Speaker of the House to swear in the party's members.
The HRPP members were elected in April's national poll and have not been knocked out by post-election legal challenges.
The Samoa Observer reports the orders...
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...
Apia, SAMOA — For the first time in the 59 years of Samoan independence, the Parliament grounds have been barricaded for today's session of the House.
The barricades went up late last night after Police put out a public notice declaring Parliament building and surrounding grounds out of bounds for...