The Samoa Observer faced criticism during a gathering outside the main police station in Apia, organised by the Faatuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (FAST) party in support of its chairman, Laauli Leuatea Schmidt, who is facing charges. A supporter in the crowd began chanting, “We don’t need the Observer here.” Meanwhile, former Samoa National Development Party member Vui Masinamua Seinafolava confronted a Samoa Observer photojournalist, pointing directly at them and demanding that all his statemen

In an exclusive interview with the Samoa Observer on Tuesday evening, Chairman of the Fa'atuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (F.A.S.T.) party, Laauli Leuatea Schmidt warned the United Nations' (U.N.) Resident Coordinator for Samoa, Simona Marinescu, to be "very careful." Read the full story: https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/samoa/94357 | Samoa Observer

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Nearly two years since his last scheduled sitdown interview with the Samoa Observer, Tuilaepa says he was "shocked" to learn of the Head of State's announcement to declare the April general elections void. Asked whether he had by any chance influenced the decision by the Head of State, Tuilaepa denied it. “No, he holds the supreme authority to make that decision,” he repeatedly said. Meanwhile, a legal challenge filed by the Fa’atuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi (F.A.S.T.) party seeking declaratory

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Samoa sevens coach Brian 'the Chiropractor' Lima says they are looking at an Olympic gold on the back of an impressive outing in Hong Kong. | Samoa Observer