Pacific Islands Pacific Islands Samoa's political upheaval continues as rivals in standoff Samoa is facing another day of political uncertainty after the caretaker prime minister rejected the swearing in of the head of the majority FAST party. May 25, 2021 1:58 pm Pacific Islands Samoa's first female PM locked out of parliament In an ad-hoc ceremony, Fiame Naomi Mata’afa from the FAST Party was sworn in as Samoa’s first female Prime Minister yesterday afternoon. May 25, 2021 5:27 am Pacific Islands Samoa Parliament lockout a 'coup': FAST The majority FAST party in Samoa has described the caretaker government’s actions this morning in locking it out of parliament in Apia as tantamount to a coup. May 24, 2021 5:22 pm Pacific Islands Political tensions deepen in Samoa Political tensions have deepened in Samoa, as the FAST Party, which holds the majority of votes, has been shut out of parliament on the day MPs are due to be sworn in. May 24, 2021 3:54 pm Pacific Islands F.A.S.T. moves in to Parliament; Police confronted The Faatuatua ile Atua Samoa ua Tasi (F.A.S.T.) party has moved onto Parliament’s premises calling on Police to uphold the law. May 24, 2021 9:40 am Pacific Islands Former Speaker calls off Samoa Parliament meeting The official swearing-in of the Parliament of Samoa has been postponed until a further proclamation has been made by the Head of State. May 23, 2021 7:45 pm Pacific Islands Supreme Court rules against suspending Samoa's Parliament An urgent and unheard-of Sunday sitting of the Supreme Court in Samoa has ruled against the Head of State’s shock declaration that Parliament be suspended tomorrow – but the battle is far from over. May 23, 2021 6:12 pm Pacific Islands Media advised to leave courthouse precinct in Samoa Media personnel that gathered at the Samoa’s Supreme Court vicinity this morning to cover an urgent ‘meeting in chambers’ were asked to leave the court premises. May 23, 2021 10:36 am Pacific Islands PNG's COVID-19 cases top 7000 The number of recorded COVID-19 infections in Papua New Guinea has passed 7,000, more than doubling in the past two weeks. April 5, 2021 1:23 pm Pacific Islands Eleven more people die of COVID-19 in PNG Papua New Guinea has recorded eleven new COVID-19 deaths, increasing the country’s total number of COVID-related deaths to 51. March 30, 2021 10:49 am Pacific Islands Severe tropical storm heads to New Caledonia New Caledonia is on high alert as it braces for the arrival of a category five tropical storm later today. March 6, 2021 3:55 am Pacific Islands Samoa judge highlights need for pathologist A Supreme Court judge in Samoa has urged the government to address the lack of a pathologist to perform autopsies on bodies at the country’s mortuaries. February 24, 2021 11:35 am « Previous 1 2 3 … 50 Next »
