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![Fale near the Turtle and Shark overlook in Vaitogi village. [Tripmondo.com]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/falen-vaitogi.jpg?itok=vqN4XCGO "Fale near the Turtle and Shark overlook in Vaitogi village. [Tripmondo.com]")
Criminal charges have been filed against Vise Gauta in connection with the shooting in Vaitogi over the weekend. Gauta is held on bail of $20,000 and is scheduled to appear in the District Court tomorrow. He was arrested over the weekend with his father-in-law Fata Solomona Siaumau, who was...
![ASCC Business Department chairperson Mrs. Faofua Faatoafe (left) and College Accelerated Preparatory Program (CAPP) English chairperson Mrs. Elisapeta Faalafi-Jones are seen here with their awards received during the College's Faculty Achievement Awards Ceremony last week. [Photo: J. Kneubuhl]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ASCC%204.jpg?itok=GW_2qsbN "ASCC Business Department chairperson Mrs. Faofua Faatoafe (left) and College Accelerated Preparatory Program (CAPP) English chairperson Mrs. Elisapeta Faalafi-Jones are seen here with their awards received during the College's Faculty Achievement Awards Ceremony last week. [Photo: J. Kneubuhl]")
As part of its faculty orientation held at the beginning of every spring and fall semester, the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) held its 3rd Annual Faculty Recognition Awards Ceremony last week to highlight the achievements of both individuals and departments over the last twelve months....
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Tautai o Samoa Longline and Fishing Association president Christinna S. Lutu-Sanchez has written to Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga to “clarify and correct false statements” made by local Alia Fisherman Association president Taloloa Howard Dunham in an affidavit filed last month at the federal court in...
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The US Justice Department has withdrawn its opposition to returning cash and other belongings of an American man, Dean Jay Fletcher, wanted in Tonga for the murder of his wife. American Samoa officials turned over the property to federal agents in November 2016.
Evidence submitted by the USDOJ two...
![Fale near the Turtle and Shark overlook in Vaitogi village. [Tripmondo.com]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/falen-vaitogi_0.jpg?itok=BZ5SNM8I "Fale near the Turtle and Shark overlook in Vaitogi village. [Tripmondo.com]")
The Department of Public Safety is tight lipped about a shooting incident that allegedly occurred in Vaitogi over the weekend, where more than 30 police officers were called in to work from Sunday night all the way until Monday afternoon.
According to police officers, who did not wish to be named...
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American Samoa Government’s average payroll expenditure every two weeks is about $4 million, according to the ASG Treasury Department Accomplishment Report for 2013-2016, which also shows a large percentage of local revenue going to pay for personnel costs.
The report, which was submitted late last...
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After hearing oral arguments early last week, the federal court in Honolulu has “taken under submission” the US government’s motion to extradite US citizen, Dean Jay Fletcher, to Tonga, where he is wanted for allegedly beating his wife to death last July on the couple’s boat, ‘Sea Oak’.
US District...
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Of the $104.45 million that the American Samoa government collected in local revenue about $71 million came from taxes, which is ASG’s largest revenue contributor, according ASG Treasury Department’s Accomplishment Report for 2013- 16, provided late last month to Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga and Lt....
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Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has appointed a task force to review revenue-generating measures for the American Samoa Government. The panel’s first meeting is scheduled for this week, as they have until later next month to provided findings and recommendations for review by the top leaders of the...
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Hawaiki Submarine Cable and its main supplier, TE SubCom, say they have completed the survey of the cable’s 14,000km route and the project remains on schedule for completion in mid-2018.
However plans to connect to a number of Pacific Islands are yet to be confirmed. Hawaiki’s route map shows...