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![Chief Justice Michael Kruse [SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Kruse_0723_19.jpg?itok=LgL75jPk "Chief Justice Michael Kruse [SN file photo]")
Pago Pago AMERICAN SAMOA — Chief Justice Michael Kruse has taken under advisement a motion by Assistant Attorney General Woodrow Pengelly, asking the court to delay until trial, the disclosure of the identity of all government witnesses in Thomas Siaumau’s case.
During a hearing on the government’s...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The 21-year-old man accused of selling marijuana joints at the cannery last year has pled guilty.
Detectives from the DPS Vice & Narcotics Unit arrested Paulo Paulo Jr. on Sept. 22, 2017 after receiving information from StarKist Samoa employees that a man was selling...
![Alofa was hit by a car and a Good Samaritan paid for her treatment. [courtesy photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Insert%20Alofa.jpg?itok=4HenpKCF "Alofa was hit by a car and a Good Samaritan paid for her treatment. [courtesy photo]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — It is national “Be Kind To Animals Week”. It is the oldest commemorative week in US history and the nation’s longest-running humane education campaign, according to American Humane.
“The need for compassion has never been greater," said Dr. Robin Ganzert, president and...
![Pictured is LTjg Jarlenski with acting NMSAS superintendent Atuatasi Peau. [photo: BC]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/NMSAS%20presentation.jpg?itok=8Qk7FzpV "Pictured is LTjg Jarlenski with acting NMSAS superintendent Atuatasi Peau. [photo: BC]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Yesterday morning, NOAA's National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa (NMSAS) was honored to present the NOAA Corps Achievement Medal to LTjg (Lieutenant Junior Grade) Lauren Jarlenski.
The award, according to NMSAS officials, is for Jarlenski's "sustained superior...
![Former Customs Office supervisor, Sefulu Maifea making his way to the TCF van after he was sentenced by the court to serve 28 months in jail for stealing over $11,000 from the American Samoa Government. [photo: AF]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Maifea_0939.jpg?itok=_jvE2Fmd "Former Customs Office supervisor, Sefulu Maifea making his way to the TCF van after he was sentenced by the court to serve 28 months in jail for stealing over $11,000 from the American Samoa Government. [photo: AF]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The former Customs Office supervisor who breached the trust of the American Samoa Government (ASG) when he embezzled over $11,000 he was supposed to deposit with the Treasury Department — is going to jail.
Sefulu Maifea was sentenced by the High Court last week to serve...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An elderly woman from Pago Pago has being charged with one count of tampering with a witness, a class D felony, punishable by imprisonment of up to 5 years, and a fine up to $5,000, or both.
Mao Uele, who is out on a $5,000 surety bond made her initial appearance before...
![Attorney General Talauega Eleasalo Ale [SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/AG_0824_4.jpg?itok=qQke-iov "Attorney General Talauega Eleasalo Ale [SN file photo]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Attorney General Talauega Eleasalo Ale departed American Samoa late last week for the United Nation Decolonization Committee’s 2018 Pacific Regional Seminar at St. George’s, Grenada, which is located in the Caribbean with a population of about 33,000 people.
The seminar...
![Secretary of Samoan Affairs, Mauga Tasi Asuega. [SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Mauga%200523_1.jpg?itok=xwY0sw3g "Secretary of Samoan Affairs, Mauga Tasi Asuega. [SN file photo]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Office of Samoan Affairs will be spearheading a public awareness campaign to education the community on the veto override amendment to the local Constitution before the November general election.
The amendment was approved before the close of the 3rd Regulation session...
![Afa Fuimaono outside of the Court after he was sentenced last Friday for using a machete to strike another man three times during a land dispute in December of last year. During sentencing, Chief Justice Michael Kruse pointed out that sadly the land belongs to neither men — yet the incident has had such a negative impact on both men's lives. [photo by AF]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Afa%20Fuimaono_0940.jpg?itok=1RGokuBt "Afa Fuimaono outside of the Court after he was sentenced last Friday for using a machete to strike another man three times during a land dispute in December of last year. During sentencing, Chief Justice Michael Kruse pointed out that sadly the land belongs to neither men — yet the incident has had such a negative impact on both men's lives. [photo by AF]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “There are many non violent ways to mediate disagreements that can occur from land disputes in American Samoa, and a machete is not one of them.”
This was the statement assistant attorney general Woodrow Pengelly gave to the Judges during the sentencing of a 48-year-old...
![Justina Tavana and Natalia Seufale [photo: Blue Chen-Fruean]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/rheumatic%20heart%20disease%20team.jpg?itok=SQRVXD3U "Justina Tavana and Natalia Seufale [photo: Blue Chen-Fruean]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Justina Tavana and Natalia Seufale travelled with the Rheumatic Relief Program team from Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah, that visited the territory last week, offering free screening for a disease that is becoming prevalent on the island.
Last year,...