3 Me 2013 Hon. Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi Afioga i le Ta’ita’i, Vaega Faaupufai a le HRPP APIA. Afioga e, Mataupu: Faumuina Tiatia Liuga Lau Afioga i le Alii Palemia, o le autu ma le agaga moni o lenei tusi o le faaalia lea o le alofa moni mo lau Afioga o le Taitai o lo [...]

APIA: MONDAY 20 MAY 2013: The Associate Minister of Finance, Peseta Vaifou Tevaga says he resigned ahead of the announcement by the Prime Minister that he and fellow Associate Minister Tiavalea Seinafo were terminated. Peseta told Talamua that he tendered his resignation with the Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance ahead of last Thursday’s [...]

by Lance Polu APIA: SATURDAY 18 MAY 2013: Manu Samoa’s most successful coach in 15s and Sevens, Stephen Betham, has been drafted in to lead the Samoa Sevens team preparations for the World Cup in Moscow next month. Betham is the only Samoan Sevens coach to have won the IRB World Series in 2010 and [...]

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 [...]