An urgent hearing date is to be set in the next two weeks for the civil claim by former Parliamentarians Olo Afoa Fiti Va’ai and Faumuina Wayne Fong who were ousted from Parliament for crossing the floor when they registered as candidates of the new political party, Faatuatua i Le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST). […]
PM says MPs Should Not Misuse Information from Parliamentary Committees
02 February 2019, Apia samoa. Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi raised his concerns about Members of Parliament misusing information being discussed within Parliamentary Committees for ‘politicking’. Tuilaepa’s concern is that this may deter Chief Executive Officers of Government Ministries from presenting complete information to Parliamentarians. Tuilaepa raised this during his weekly programme with the media […]
Chinese Ambassador Says Article ‘Deviates from Facts and Truths’
27 January 2019, Apia Samoa. MP Olo Fiti Vaai called on the Samoa government to take down Chinese flags seen flying at various construction projects. This followed an article on the front page of the Samoa Observer titled “Chinese Flag Angers MP” together with a picture of three flown flags including a Chinese National Flag with caption: “Remove the […]
MP Olo Fiti Vaai Says Government is Corrupt
23 January 2019, Apia Samoa. Salega East Member of Parliament, Olo Fiti Vaai says that the many issues arising from within government ministries and state-owned enterprises can be described as corrupt. The opposition MP made the remark while addressing Parliament yesterday afternoon during deliberations on the supplementary budget. Olo observed that 2018 saw many challenging […]
