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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A "possible" candidate for the veterinarian position at the Dept. of Agriculture has been identified; and once everything is squared away, an announcement will be made.
This is according to DOA director Filifaatali Mike Fuiava, responding to Samoa News inquiries...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Speaking at last Friday’s Senate session, Sen. Satele Galu T. Satele Sr said there is no work being carried out at the Fagatogo Pavilion and suggested that the barricade be removed because the facility is located at the Malaeoletalu, where people pass through and witness...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Police carried out more than 20 drug raids last year and Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has again called for “effective strategies” to combat the flow of drugs and illegal weapons into the territory, which will host for the first time this year, the annual conference of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — District Court Judge Fiti Sunia wants the Immigration Office to inform incoming foreigners that American Samoa has laws, and the territory is not a playground for criminal activities.
Sunia made the remarks during the sentencing of Mui Sua a.k.a. Mui Lilomaiava last...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has urged executive branch directors to “practice vigilance and diligence” to ensure that the “clock-in and clock-out” policy is strictly adhered to, as the Administration clarifies those who are exempted and not exempted from the policy.
“To...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An Order to Show Cause hearing for Chung Se Lee has been continued to Feb. 8
Chief Justice Michael Kruse wants to know if Lee complied with a previous order from the court, that he surrender his driver's license and not drive while his license is suspended. Lee was...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee chairman, Sen. Magalei Logovi’i, announced at last Friday’s Senate session that a hearing set for today, Tuesday, Jan. 22, has been canceled.
The two main topics that were to be discussed during the hearing included an...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Chief Justice Michael Kruse has continued for two weeks the sentencing of three inmates who escaped from the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) last July.
During court proceedings last Friday, Kruse heard from Luaao Fagota a.k.a. Andrew Peters, Jason Isaiah Muasau,...
Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has declared Martin Luther King Jr.’s Day (Monday, Jan. 21st), as a holiday in American Samoa. All government offices are closed and ASG employees who are required to work will be paid required wages in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
Besides ASG, several...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who admitted that he slapped his girlfriend in the face, thereby injuring her eye on Oct. 24, 2017, has been sentenced to 12 months probation.
Pounoui Gaugau-Tolovae a.k.a. Foluena Lee pled guilty to third degree assault (domestic violence) — a class A misdemeanor...