May 2017

Update on Manu’a incident

Mon, 05/01/2017 - 6:51am

An email to Samoa News over the weekend, says ASDHS info released during a press conference last Friday morning, of the reported Manu’a incident is puzzling — although it’s possible that the 4 vessels the department says were passing by Manu’a had their transponders turned off. Samoa News was sent these screenshots from Global Fish Watch to show only one Taiwanese vessel was in the American Samoa EEZ, at the time of the reported Manu’a incident — the rest were American. Tui Samoa is not shown — and the clo

The reported Manu’a incident from a week ago, that lit up Facebook posts, and caused concern in the territory’s communities, continues to raise questions, despite a press conference held by the Ame

Man sentenced for “messing around” with 12-year old girl

Mon, 05/01/2017 - 6:32am

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A 20-year old man, who is accused by the prosecution of “messing around with a child”, in connection with a sex case involving a 12-year old girl, has been sentenced by

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