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![An example of the condifition of the field during week 5 of the current ASHSAA football season. [SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ashsaa%20wk5_8669_0.jpg?itok=llnhmoW2 "An example of the condifition of the field during week 5 of the current ASHSAA football season. [SN file photo]")
Concerned with the “steady decrepit condition” of the Veterans Memorial Stadium field, where high school football games are played, Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has appointed a three-member task force to carry out resurfacing of the field.
There have been concerns raised with the administration over...
![Preparing the area in front of the Jean P. Hayden Museum, for the construction of a new 2-story structure that will provide more storage, office and display space for the Jean P. Hayden Museum. [SN file photo / Blue Chen-Fruean]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/museum%20copy_0.jpg?itok=XyM1Q4Fi "Preparing the area in front of the Jean P. Hayden Museum, for the construction of a new 2-story structure that will provide more storage, office and display space for the Jean P. Hayden Museum. [SN file photo / Blue Chen-Fruean]")
The proposed two-story extension to the Jean P. Hayden Museum in Fagatogo is moving forward as planned. As the museum undergoes major reconstruction work to the existing building and the erection of a new one, Governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga has made changes of his own, appointing new members for the...
![ASPA’s Managing Director Paul Young (right) pictured during a recent trip to Tonga to procure electricity poles manufactured by the Tonga Forestry and Milling Company. [photo: provided by DOC]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Paul%20Young.jpg?itok=6UXHHacZ "ASPA’s Managing Director Paul Young (right) pictured during a recent trip to Tonga to procure electricity poles manufactured by the Tonga Forestry and Milling Company. [photo: provided by DOC]")
With the territory already facing difficult times — including the 5 week temporary closure of StarKist Samoa and the previous reduction in ASG working hours — the American Samoa Power Authority (ASPA) Board of Directors has “unanimously” approved a recommendation to delay the rate hike for water,...
Although the 'Love Thy Neighbor' food drive ended last week, with the distribution of hundreds of care packages for cannery workers, the cadets of the JROTC program at Fagaitua HS donated a huge amount of nonperishable food items, as part of their annual Thanksgiving food drive.
Coordinator of the...
The American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency (AS-EPA) has completed a week of inspections in the Manu’a Islands. The main focus of the visitation was to conduct piggery inspections, educational outreach in schools, and perform joint inspections with field office on the islands of Ta’u and Ofu...
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A man from Samoa pled guilty on Wednesday to sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl over a span of nearly five months.
Ashley Afamasaga, 24, is an overstayer who was initial slapped with 8 felony charges, including two counts of rape, two counts of sodomy, and 4 counts of sexual abuse in the first...
![Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga [SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/GovLolo_0766_14.jpg?itok=JL1m5-Zz "Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga [SN file photo]")
Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga is hopeful for an expedited Fono approval of proposed amendments to local statute, which established the Territorial Bank of American Samoa, that would allow the government-owned commercial bank to obtain a long awaited routing number.
If the Fono takes swift action, Lolo...
![Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Pro Tempore, Marie A. Alailima during Wednesday’s cabinet meeting. [photo: FS]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ALJ%20nominee.jpg?itok=3e-PRe5a "Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) Pro Tempore, Marie A. Alailima during Wednesday’s cabinet meeting. [photo: FS]")
Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga announced that he and Lt. Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga have appointed Marie A. Alailima to the post of Administrative Law Judge.
Lolo says they recommended to Alailima to put people first during her tenure. Additionally, the nomination of the new ALJ will be submitted in...
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“The Court will not allow any person to stay in the territory against our Immigration Laws” — this was the straightforward message from District Court Judge, Fiti Sunia, when the court rendered its decision yesterday morning against a man , an overstayer, who was convicted of traffic violations....
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JOE TOGITOGI
A man from Nuuuli who escaped from confinement while serving time for a previous crime has been convicted of a felony — escape from confinement — punishable by imprisonment of not more than 5 years, and/ or a fine of not more than $5,000 or both.
Joe Togitogi, 23, was convicted of the...