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Because the government couldn’t prove its case following testimony by the victim, the High Court has dismissed felony charges against a man who was accused of twice sexually abusing his girlfriend’s daughter — the alleged victim.
Mamona Unasa was charged with one count each of sodomy and deviate...
Recipients of the ASG Employees Retirement Fund who were supposed to receive their monthly benefit payments via direct deposit on Nov. 15, finally received money in their bank accounts the following day.
Several recipients went to the Retirement Office on Nov. 15 to find out why their direct...
Several issues affecting American Samoa on the federal level were discussed during a meeting last Thursday between Congresswoman Aumua Amata and Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga, who requested the meeting.
Others attending the meeting, before Aumua returned to Washington D.C. last week Friday, were Lt....
Jury trial began Tuesday for a man accused of twice sexually abusing his girlfriend’s daughter, following a jury selection process which began Monday morning in the High Court for the case presided over by Chief Justice Michael Kruse, who is flanked on the bench by chief associate judge Mamea Sala...
![Samoa’s National Health Services General Manager Tupuimatagi Palanitina Toelupe (left) and Pastor Leonard Solomona, Founder of First-Touch Ministry Boot Camp of Samoa, along with members of the Samoa delegation (in the background) at yesterday’s opening of the three-day 7th Bilateral Health Summit of the two Samoas hosted by American Samoa at the Gov. H. Rex Lee Auditorium. [photo: AF]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/health%20summit%200853.jpg?itok=lAIhPfyR "Samoa’s National Health Services General Manager Tupuimatagi Palanitina Toelupe (left) and Pastor Leonard Solomona, Founder of First-Touch Ministry Boot Camp of Samoa, along with members of the Samoa delegation (in the background) at yesterday’s opening of the three-day 7th Bilateral Health Summit of the two Samoas hosted by American Samoa at the Gov. H. Rex Lee Auditorium. [photo: AF]")
For the 7th Bilateral Health Summit to be successful, Lt. Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga has called for merging, among other things, of health and legislation along with “a lot of awareness and exercise programs,” while Health Director Motusa Tuileama Nua sought collaborative efforts from all sectors of...
The Attorney General’s office has sought for the Administrative Law Judge to dismiss the appeal by former American Samoa Government Employees Retirement Fund Executive Director Luatua Filisouaiga Ta’afua of his termination by the ASGERF Board on January 13, 2016, citing lack of jurisdiction of the...
With no challenges filed, Chief Election Officer Uiagalelei Dr. Lealofi Uiagalelei has certified the results of the 2016 general election, with incumbent team of Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga and Lt. Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga re-elected for another four-year term.
Additionally, incumbent Congresswoman...
A national of Samoa, who was prohibited from entering American Samoa while on probation, has been sentenced to serve nearly two years at the Territorial Correctional Facility for violating conditions of his probation.
Fereti Aliva was convicted of felony burglary and sentenced by the High Court in...
The local Education Department has agreed to create a professional service providers task force, as one of the conditions cited in the ASDOE settlement agreement with the federal government to ensure that professional service providers provide students with disabilities attending public schools...
![In this Samoa News file photo, Su’a Alexander Eli Jennings outside of the retrofitted freight container back in October 2015, where raw ulu will be processed and dried to be milled into gluten free, low glycemic index flour. The container operates on solar panels to provide renewable energy for the retrofitted container. [Photo: JL]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ulu%20photo.jpg?itok=DPem6Aqg "In this Samoa News file photo, Su’a Alexander Eli Jennings outside of the retrofitted freight container back in October 2015, where raw ulu will be processed and dried to be milled into gluten free, low glycemic index flour. The container operates on solar panels to provide renewable energy for the retrofitted container. [Photo: JL]")
Fifty pounds of gluten free breadfruit flour from Rep. Su’a Alexander Eli Jennings local mini mill operation was sent this year to be tested at a US university and grant money from the Bank of Hawaii Foundation helped make additional improvements to Su’a’s dehydrator equipment to mill breadfruit...