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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Last week Friday, the Washington D.C. based non-profit, Immigration Reform Law Institute (IRLI) sought permission from the federal court in Salt Lake City, Utah to be allowed to file an ‘Amicus Curiae’ or friends of the court, brief in the US citizenship lawsuit case, in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In her keynote address, Dr. Mafutaga Tagaloa-Tulifau, a product of the local public education system, emphasized to some 300 participants at the Governor’s 2018 Youth Empowerment Summit the importance of achieving “higher education” in their future.
Tagaloa-Tulifau, a...
Lt. Gov. Lemanu Palepoi Sialega Mauga, Fa’aea Malielegaoi Tulifau, Dr. Mafutaga Tagaloa-Tulifau and Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga yesterday morning before the start of the Governor’s 2018 Youth Empowerment Summit at the Pago Pago Youth Center, where Tagaloa-Tulifau was the keynote speaker. Read details...
Dear Editor,
In response to the ongoing challenges brought forth by those who neither understand the true nature of said clause, nor do they understand American Samoa’s (AS) Constitution that became effective on July 1, 1967, I offer my herein assessment regarding subject matter.
First, the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Fono vote override authority and the Large Vessel Prohibited Area (LVPA) in waters of American Samoa, are other issues on the agenda for the two-day Governor’s 2018 Youth Empowerment Summit, which opens today at the Pago Pago Youth Center, following a church service...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Governor’s 2018 Youth Empowerment Summit is set for this upcoming week with the theme, “Self-Determination and Hope”, and is spearheaded by the ASG Office of Political Status, Constitutional Review & Federal Relations, which is led by Tapa’au Dr. Daniel Aga.
Tapa...
Seattle, WASHINGTON — The US military has begun discriminating against service men and women born in American Samoa, a US lawyer has said.
Historically American Samoan born US nationals and US citizens were treated equally by the military according to the Seattle-based attorney, Leiataua Charles...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The federal case dealing with US citizenship for person’s born in American Samoa is one of the issues that will be discussed and will probably raise many questions, during the Governor’s 2018 Youth Empowerment Summit set for July 1-2 at the Pago Pago Youth Center.
So far...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Three US nationals who filed a US citizenship lawsuit at the federal court in Salt Lake City, Utah have revealed that they had consented to the American Samoa Government and Congresswoman Aumua Amata filing a timely amicus brief — or friends of the court brief — but not...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Plaintiffs in the US citizenship lawsuit have asked the federal court in Salt Lake City, Utah to deny a motion by the American Samoa Government and Congresswoman Aumua Amata to intervene in their complaint, arguing among other things that ASG and the Congresswoman lack...