Toi Ioane Ilalio of Vaitele is challenging the Village Mayors refusal to sign his nomination documents. By Lagi Keresoma APIA, SAMOA – 30 OCTOBER 2020: The Supreme Court will today start to deal with the twenty electoral challenges so far filed … Read More
Manusamoa Sialafua (head bowed) and comforted by family members after the verdict was delivered. By Lagi Keresoma APIA, SAMOA – 30 OCTOBER 2020: Twenty five year old Manusamoa Sialafua of Luatuanu’u is now serving a 10 months prison sentence after … Read More
By Lagi Keresoma APIA, SAMOA: A father of four, 50 year old Sosene Liona has been jailed for 2 years after pleading guilty to the death of his wife, the late Ifea Liona. The incident happened at Lalomanu in July 2019 … Read More
By Lagi Keresoma APIA, SAMOA – 09 SEPTEMBER 2020: The wife of the late pastor of the Falelauniu Assembly of God Church, Pastor Lui Seve, is not satisfied with the cause of death given by the pathologist that conducted a post … Read More
By Lagi Keresoma APIA, SAMOA – 08 SEPTEMBER 2020: The Court is continuing its investigation into a landslide that buried and killed three young men at Tafua-tai on 10 September 2018. The Coroner, District Court Judge Alalatoa Rosella Papalii adjourned … Read More
By Lagi Keresoma APIA, SAMOA – 08 SEPTEMBER 2020: The Court of Appeal had referred the defamation case against the Samoa Observer back to the Supreme Court to enter judgment on liability for the complainants, Opapo Oeti and his daughter … Read More
By Lagi Keresoma APIA, SAMOA – 4 SEPTEMBER 2020: The parties to the current legal challenge of the Electoral Act have been given until next Monday to negotiate a solution to the matter. Failing that, Justice Tafaomalo Leilani Tuala Warren … Read More
By Lagi Keresoma APIA, SAMOA – 04 SEPTEMBER 2020: Following lawyers meeting in the Judge’s Chambers yesterday and this morning, the case has been postponed to 2 pm today as the Attorney General consults the government before the Judge gives … Read More
By Lagi Keresoma APIA, SAMOA – 2 SEPTEMBER 2020: Herman Westerlund and Suapaina Savai’inaea were acquitted of murder and manslaughter by Justice Mata Tuatagaloa today. In passing sentence, Justice Mata Tuatagaloa pointed out that prosecution failed to prove their case against … Read More
“The Public Trustee prolonged refusal to obey lawful orders of the Supreme Court was discreditable, and their justification had no legal foundation. Their appeal was misconceived.” – Court of Appeal. APIA, SAMOA – 20 AUGUST 2020: For over … Read More
