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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The preliminary examination hearing of the owner of LE AUTE, Tumuatasi Lefatia, also known as Mama, on drug charges ended last Friday morning with District Court Judge Pro-Tem, Gwen Tauiliili-Langkilde finding probable cause to bind her case over to the High Court.
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![[l-r] Territorial Registrar, Taito S. White (who heads the Office of the Territorial Registrar); Assistant Attorney General, Andrew Sunia, who is the legal counsel for the TerritorialRegistrar’s Office, and Attorney General Talauega Eleasalo V. Ale](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/matai_registration.jpg?itok=juG8bL6Q "[l-r] Territorial Registrar, Taito S. White (who heads the Office of the Territorial Registrar); Assistant Attorney General, Andrew Sunia, who is the legal counsel for the Territorial Registrar’s Office, and Attorney General Talauega Eleasalo V. Ale during a Senate Government Operations Committee hearing last Friday morning. [photo: FS]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — E ui e le i aloaia fa’aletulafono fuafuaga a le Ofisa o le Lesitala mo le siitia lea o totogi o a latou tautua, aemaise lava i le lesitalaina o suafa matai, peita’i ua mae’a ona taoto atu i ai se fautuaga mai afioga i Senatoa i se iloiloga sa fa’ataunu’uina i le vaiaso...
![[l-r] Rotary Club of Pago Pago president Agnes Polu, Congresswoman Aumua Amata, Lt. Gov. Lemanu Palepoi Sialega Mauga, CCCAS Fagatogo Rev. Iasepi Ulu, Dept. of Human and Social Service official Lupe Sunia Fiso, a female guest, and Hawaiian Airlines representative Voloti Malietoa](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/group_1637.jpg?itok=kL0I7fwW "[l-r] Rotary Club of Pago Pago president Agnes Polu, Congresswoman Aumua Amata, Lt. Gov. Lemanu Palepoi Sialega Mauga, CCCAS Fagatogo Rev. Iasepi Ulu, Dept. of Human and Social Service official Lupe Sunia Fiso, a female guest, and Hawaiian Airlines representative Voloti Malietoa pose for a group photo following last Saturday’s Memorial Remembrance Service for the 34-victims of the Sept. 29, 2009 tsunami at the Tsunami Memorial Family Picnic Shelter at Lion’s Park. [photo: FS]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “I bring a very simple message from our Crisis Counseling program. Three very important reminders for all of us because we all deal with trauma, we all deal with pain, we all deal with tragedy,” said Lupe Sunia Fiso of the Department of Human and Social Services in her...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The 25-year-old man who was convicted of stealing a laptop from a home in Vaitogi asked the court for a second chance so that he can go back home to serve his church, and care for his parents and sisters.
Tafilele Tei, who remains in custody under a $10,000 bond was...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Government was represented at the 1st United States Territorial Peer Exchange (USTPE) in Denver, Colorado last month by employees of the Department of Public Works.
The delegation was led by DPW director Faleosina Faiai Voigt. Those who attended...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Fono has officially endorsed an Administration bill which will amend local statute and establish the American Samoa REAL ID Act, bringing American Samoa into compliance with stringent requirements of the US federal READ ID Act.
The final approval was made this past...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man taken into police custody last week for allegedly using a sharp weapon to stab another man has been released on his own recognizance, by order of the court, because the government was unable to file additional charges against him.
According to court information,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — District Court Judge, Fiti Sunia has instructed a 20-year-old to change his lifestyle or otherwise, he will find himself behind bars for the rest of his life.
The judge told John Matagilele that he will end up in jail if he continues to be involved in incidents like the...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed a total of $535,000 in federal funding for two health-related programs in American Samoa.
“Federal funds like these are especially necessary to American Samoa’s efforts to provide as many health services as possible,” said Aumua Amata. “I...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The legal battle over the reduction of the Large Vessel Prohibited Area (LVPA) in territorial waters, between the Territory of American Samoa — through the ASG — and the US National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has been released from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeal’s...