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![The late Jacobsen L. Laumoli of Leone and Vailoa who was shot and killed in Kansas City on October 30, 2016. [Courtesy Photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/shootingvictim_0.jpg?itok=TnTz6WLW "The late Jacobsen L. Laumoli of Leone and Vailoa who was shot and killed in Kansas City on October 30, 2016. [Courtesy Photo]")
“All I want was to bring Jacob home, for now I want to focus on his funeral preparations, I don’t want to know the details of the investigation conducted by the police, just yet,” said heartbroken, Leiseau Vaito’alau Laumoli. Jacobsen, 27, of Leone and Vailoa was fatally shot in Independence,...
![Chief Election Officer, Uiagalelei Dr. Lealaofi Uiagalelei (far right) along with three Election Office personnel, taking a break last Saturday from their work observing the Swains islanders meeting to select their Delegate to the local House of Representatives. [photo: FS]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/election%20officials%206081.jpg?itok=p0uOtPFv "Chief Election Officer, Uiagalelei Dr. Lealaofi Uiagalelei (far right) along with three Election Office personnel, taking a break last Saturday from their work observing the Swains islanders meeting to select their Delegate to the local House of Representatives. [photo: FS]")
Election Office personnel worked over the weekend and will be working early tomorrow morning preparing for the Nov. 8 general election, in which more than 1,000 votes have been cast in early voting — through local and off island absentee ballots, according to chief election officer Uiagalelei Dr....
![A look at the aftermath of what is described as a Molotov cocktail that exploded near Siligi Nakiso-Va’apu following the game between Samoana High School (SHS) and Nu’uuli Vocational Technical High School, Friday night. [Courtesy Photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Homemade%20bomb.jpg?itok=I4fpgQRF "A look at the aftermath of what is described as a Molotov cocktail that exploded near Siligi Nakiso-Va’apu following the game between Samoana High School (SHS) and Nu’uuli Vocational Technical High School, Friday night. [Courtesy Photo]")
Several parents were “shocked” when “homemade bombs” exploded near them and their vehicles following the game between Samoana High School (SHS) and Nu’uuli Vocational Technical High School, Friday night.
One furious mother told Samoa News that the bottle was thrown and it missed her husband’s head...
District Court Judge Fiti A. Sunia has denied a defense motion to quash the arrest warrant issued last month for the arrest of US citizen Dean J. Fletcher, who is wanted by authorities in Tonga for the alleged murder of his wife onboard the couple’s boat in Tonga’s waters.
With the court’s action...
Defendants in the Large Vessel Protect Area (LVPA) lawsuit have also asked the federal court in Honolulu for a summary judgment, saying that the plaintiff — the Territory of American Samoa, through the Governor’s Office — has not met its burden to establish standing and thus the court is without...
A son of American Samoa was fatally shot in Independence Missouri, on October 30, 2016 and it’s left the family of Angela and Leiseau Vaitoelau Laumoli of Leone and Vailoa heartbroken.
Jacobsen Laumoli who was 27-years-old and lived in Kansas City, Missouri was shot and killed and to date the...
When the smoke clears on Nov. 9, two political figures of Samoan ancestry could find themselves in a position to play a central role in reshaping their respective political parties, no matter who wins or loses the presidential election.
A victorious Donald Trump will not change overnight to become...
BINGHAM SUIAUNOA
After spending a week at the Territorial Correctional Facility, inmate Bingham Suiaunoa was released Tuesday per order of the court to await sentencing on Nov. 15t after he pled guilty early this week to a misdemeanor count of public peace disturbance.
Suiaunoa was initially...
American Samoa Power Authority is getting a $30,000 grant from the US Department of Agriculture’s Special Evaluation Assistance for Rural Communities and Households (SEARCH) Program.
The grant for American Samoa and 39 other states was announced Tuesday by US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, in a...
Four complaints regarding the treatment by the local Education Department (ASDOE) of students with special needs filed and investigated by the US Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) were recently addressed when the USDOE issued its findings and conclusions for these cases.
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