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The government’s case against a 53-year old local businessman, came down to whether the six-member jury believed the government and its witnesses or the defense, who argued that the defendant had maintained his innocence since his arrest.
In the end, it took the jury less than an hour to acquit...
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SIERRA ISAIA
Through his defense attorney Public Defender Douglas Fiaui, drug defendant Sierra Isaia entered a not guilty plea last week Wednesday to a single count of unlawful possession of crystal methamphetamine (ice).
The plea was entered during arraignment where Acting Associate Justice...
![A bullet hole is seen on the right door of a DPS unit following an incident that happened on Dec. 14 behind the ASTCA compound at Tafuna, when a person/persons fired twice at the police unit. Luckily police officers were not inside the vehicle or close to it when the shots happened. [SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/police%20car%20gunshot_0912_0.jpg?itok=_O7hOoSu "A bullet hole is seen on the right door of a DPS unit following an incident that happened on Dec. 14 behind the ASTCA compound at Tafuna, when a person/persons fired twice at the police unit. Luckily police officers were not inside the vehicle or close to it when the shots happened. [SN file photo]")
A man, with a criminal record, accused of shooting at a police vehicle two weeks ago has been arrested and the District Court has set “no bail”, while a warrant for another suspect has been issued in the same incident, which has been described by police as a “cowardly” act.
Responding to Samoa News...
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The author of a poem which is studied at colleges and universities in the Pacific region, Eti Saaga, has died .
His daughter Terri Saaga Sua said her father died at Kuakini Medical Centre in Honolulu.
He was 67.
In his lifetime, Eti had been a builder of roads, a journalist, a government press...
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A citizen of Samoa, who was considered an overstayer and accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year old girl over a span of nearly five months, has been sentenced by the High Court to serve six months in prison as part of several conditions of probation.
Ashley Afamasaga, 24, was initially charged...
Hawaiian Airlines had another delay in departure from Pago Pago to Honolulu. This time for the Monday night’s flight this week, which arrived on time, but had not departed as of yesterday late afternoon.
Hawaiian spokesperson Ann Botticelli said yesterday morning that the return flight to Honolulu...
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A call has been made in the Samoa parliament to get rid of entry permits for American Samoans wanting to visit Samoa.
The call by the Member of Parliament for Urban West Faumuina Wayne Fong was made during discussion on the immigration law.
Faumuina said while travellers from all other countries...
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PAGO PAGO, AS – The Territory of American Samoa is officially a co-plaintiff in the United States’ lawsuit against StarKist Co. and Starkist Samoa Co. for alleged violations of environmental laws at Starkist’s tuna processing and canning facility in Atu'u, American Samoa.
On December 22, 2017, the...
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The 53-year old local businessman accused by the government of sexually assaulting a 17-year old girl at his home has been found not guilty by a jury of one count each of sodomy and first degree sexual abuse.
The jury of five women and one-man (the 7th juror was an alternate, who was discharged...
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Office of the CNMI Congressional Delegate) — During a committee drafting session on the Higher Education Act Tuesday, U.S. Congressman Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan proposed creating a federal program to help pay for the last two years of college for graduates of Northern...