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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Chief Justice Michael Kruse has taken under advisement a motion by attorney William Olson, asking the court to set bail for his client, Thomas Siaumau, who is being held in custody without bail. The defense attorney argues that bail should be set while the government is...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A security deposit of $10,000 will be required for applicants who are issued a license to operate a money transfer business in American Samoa, under new regulations proposed by the Lolo Administration through legislation introduced in the Fono last week.
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![Dozens of inquiries have poured into Samoa News about the shortage of milk around the territory. Some storeowners are limiting the purchase of milk to WIC mothers only, as newborns and infants on the program are being considered top priority. See story for details. [photo: google.com]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/milk.jpg?itok=C6dqrzov "Dozens of inquiries have poured into Samoa News about the shortage of milk around the territory. Some storeowners are limiting the purchase of milk to WIC mothers only, as newborns and infants on the program are being considered top priority. See story for details. [photo: google.com]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — When Samoa News walked into a small mom-and-pop store on the east side last week to purchase some milk, we were told by the storeowners that milk purchases are now limited to only those mothers who present checks/ coupons from the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “Sexual harassment is not a news issue. There are other important issues you should go investigate and write stories about.”
This was the response from Police Commissioner Le’i Sonny Thompson when Samoa News asked him about an alleged sexual harassment case involving a...
![Li’avaa Moevao, the new Chief of Customs giving brief remarks during a Mar. 29, 2018 port users meeting, where he was introduced to the private sector. [Courtesy photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Liavaa%20Moevao.jpg?itok=zFKgpdPw "Li’avaa Moevao, the new Chief of Customs giving brief remarks during a Mar. 29, 2018 port users meeting, where he was introduced to the private sector. [Courtesy photo]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — ASG Treasury Department has hired a new chief of Customs, someone who has more than two decades of enforcement experience and has also filled the post of deputy chief of Customs.
The move comes as the government aims to further strengthen the enforcement of Customs laws...
![In this Feb. 16, 2011 file photo then-Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Former U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka, the humble and gracious statesman who served in Washington with aloha for more than three and a half decades, died Thursday, April 5, 2018, at the age of 93, sources tell the Star-Advertiser. He had been hospitalized with an illness. [AP Photo/Alex Brandon, file]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/AKAKA_0.jpeg?itok=BtyTeuwc "In this Feb. 16, 2011 file photo then-Sen. Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Former U.S. Sen. Daniel Akaka, the humble and gracious statesman who served in Washington with aloha for more than three and a half decades, died Thursday, April 5, 2018, at the age of 93, sources tell the Star-Advertiser. He had been hospitalized with an illness. [AP Photo/Alex Brandon, file]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga described the late former US Sen. Daniel Kahikina Akaka as “a true friend and a patriarch to American Samoa” while Congresswoman Aumua Amata said Akaka was a “gracious and a humble Statesman.”
Akaka died last Thursday, Apr. 5 in Honolulu at the...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 24-year old man who received a lot chances from the court was ordered to serve all of his suspended sentences, which total up to 27 years.
Timothy Noa appeared before the High Court last Friday for a Deposition Hearing, after he failed to comply with some of the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — More Tutuila residents, whose property were affected by Tropical Storm Gita are up for registration this week at the Disaster Recovery Center (DRC), located inside the DYWA Pago Pago Youth Center, and operated jointly by ASG and the US Federal Emergency Management Agency...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The battle between Pago Pago Village Council (PPVC) and High Talking Chief Tuaolo Meko Aiumu is now before the Land and Title Division of the High Court of American Samoa. The second hearing for this matter was called on Thursday last week, and is now continued for...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoans whose homes sustained damage from Cyclone Gita are being urged to make use of cheques from the US Federal Emergency Management Agency or FEMA.
A number of home owners were issued cheques for losses and damages to their properties in the February cyclone...