The Stone Age of Samoa is much closer in time to the people of the island archipelago than it is to the descendants of the hunters and gatherers of prehistoric Europe, says Galumalemana Steven Percival.Galumalemana, a researcher of Samoa’s tangible and intangible cultural heritage who also makes .
The former Head of State of Samoa, Afioga Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Ta’isi Efi and Masiofo Filifilia Tamasese are in Haifa, Israel visiting the Bahai World Centre this week.The visit to the Holy Land follows a week-long sojourn to Rome, an ancient metropolis aptly referred to as the Eternal City.Th.
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA Their Highnesses Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Ta’isi Efi and Masiofo Filifilia Tamasese took time out during their recent visit to the territory to meet
What comes next will have vast ramifications for the Pacific nation, its region and for democracy globally.
On Monday May 24, Fa atuatua I Le Atua Samoa Ua Tasi (FAST) Party members, led by Fiame Naomi Mata’afa, arrived at parliament house to be sworn into office following their one-seat election win on April 9.
They found the doors locked by order of Tuilaepa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi, who has been prime minister for the last 23 years. By late afternoon, with the building still locked, the marquee swearing-in ceremony took place outside.
This was the 45th day since the election, the last date on which the newly elected parliament could sit according to Samoa’s constitution.