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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S State Department and its top officials who are federal defendants in the Fitisemanu v. USA citizenship case have filed their opposition to a petition by three American Samoans who are the plaintiffs — for a “rehearing en banc” or the full-panel of the U.S. Tenth...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A former ANZ Bank employee accused of stealing money from a customer’s bank account by making unauthorized transactions from the couples’ account into her own bank account was arrested and she’s now being charged.
The defendant, Henirieta Teofilo made her initial...
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata welcomed House passage of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2022. This major annual legislation authorizes Pentagon operations across the board, including priorities such as a 2.7 percent pay increase for our troops, and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa will receive around $88 million in Medicaid funding for the fiscal year (FY) 2022. It’s an increase from FY 2020 and 2021 allotments, which were around $86 million.
In a letter to the local Medicaid Director, Sandra King Young, dated September 24, 2021,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Five government officials who are members of the COVID-19 Task Force and defendants in a federal lawsuit, have requested the US District Court, Central District of California to “dismiss the case with prejudice” against them, as the court “has no personal jurisdiction...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man accused of burglarizing a home in Fogagogo and a store in the Iliili area at the beginning of this year was arrested last month on drug charges during a traffic stop in Nu’uuli.
It was during his arrest that officers discovered that that there was an active warrant...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — StarKist Samoa has brought over 150 workers from Samoa since the territory’s governor approved the hiring of guest workers from Apia in June, according to the latest update of the American Samoa Motu Lipoti — Island Report — prepared for the 187th Meeting of the Western...
Pago Pago, AMERICAA SAMOA — A 31-year-old man from Mesepa accused of having sex with a 16-year-old girl multiple times has entered into a plea agreement with the government.
Tele’a Filipo appeared in High Court last week for a Change of Plea hearing.
Filipo, who remains in custody, unable to post a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man with a 2-year-old bench warrant for failure to appear in court for a disposition hearing last month was arrested by police last week and he’s now in custody.
Mapu Tuulau made his initial appearance in Court last week, and his next hearing is scheduled for next...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming the announcement of $454,543 in federal funds for American Samoa’s criminal justice system. The funds are part of the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant funding program of the US Justice Department’s Office of Justice...