by Lagi Keresoma APIA: WEDNESDAY 22 MAY 2013:  An Opposition Member of Parliament has called for a Corruption Tribunal to be established. It’s time for an independent body specifically set up to investigate corruption, a “disease” that is on the increase, said Shadow Minister of Finance, Afualo Wood Salele. “We need a tribunal to expose [...]

by Lagi Keresoma APIA: TUESDAY 22ND MAY 2013: Minister of Finance Faumuina Tiatia Liuga has acted illegally and the Attorney General should file charges against him. At a media conference today Opposition leader Palusalue Fa’apo II led a call by his Tautua Samoa Party for the Attorney General to come out of “hiding” because Faumuina [...]

by Lagi Keresoma APIA: FRIDAY 17 MAY 2013: Minister of Finance Faumuina Tiatia Liuga apologised and asked for forgiveness from the Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP) caucus members last night. Faumina shed tears as when he apologised, Talamua was reliably informed today. “’I humble myself before our party,’” a source who was present quotes the [...]

by Lagi Keresoma APIA: FRIDAY 17 MAY 2013: Assessors in the trial of a resort owner traveled to the scenic spot where an alleged attempted murder took place. The four Assessors or jury traveled yesterday to Lano, a village with beach front resorts at Savai’i Island where resort owner Salanoa Richard Ah Chong allegedly shot [...]

By Lagi Keresoma APIA: FRIDAY 17 MAY 2013:  It took the Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP) Caucus almost three hours to come up with a 10 to 9 votes for the Minister of Finance, Faumuina Tiatia Liuga to remain in Cabinet. The meeting’s focus was on the petition by some Caucus MPs for the Minister [...]