POLITICAL OPINION : The annual million tala per district promise: a lesson in governance principles and discrimination
The Faatuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi party election promise of $1 million tālā per district per annum for…
POLITICAL OPINION : Multi-party and issues-based politics and democracy in Samoa
When our Appeal Court, presided over by Chief Justice Satiu Simativa Perese, decided to install the Faatuatua i le Atua…
OPINION : Selective memory, outright lies, and lost integrity!
In the last Parliamentary debate, it was claimed that the three Constitutional amendments passed on 15 December 2020 were rushed…
DEAR OH DEAR : Hey We Won….Thank You U20
Deny all we want but surely our Under20s loss to Ireland in a cricket-score margin did help to give our…
OPINION : Our Citizenship Rights and Rule of Law!
This week, I had the honour to lead a Human Rights Protection Party delegation to make a submission to the…
Dear Oh Dear : Why Vodafone Lord?
At first, they pulled their Lapaki Samoa rugby sponsorship. Manu Samoa fans were not too Vodafone-happy about it. Suddenly, the…
OPINION : HRPP endorses the 2024/25 budgetary provisions for Samoa’s hosting of the CHOGM, but with severe caution.
The Human Rights Protection Party Members of Parliament took note that the total 2024/25 national budget is just over SAT$1…
MY SAY : Quest For House Harmony At Troubled Tiafau
By Mataeliga Pio Sioa If Tuilaepa could get Speaker Masepa’u to jump up his chair, angrily looking to punch his…
OPINION : Anti-Corruption Policies, Transparency and Accountability
It was welcome news when the media reported the recent launching by our Government of a framework to fight corruption…
OPINION : In Terms Of Our Tala Value
By OT Strengthening the tala is a decision for the Central Bank for good reason – ie to keep exchange…