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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With the start of a new year - the final year for the Lolo Administration - Human Resources (DHR) director Eseneiaso Liu reminds cabinet members of complying with longstanding regulations and policies.
In a Jan. 2, 2020 memo, Liu wrote that consistent with “our statutory...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A young man who was released by the District Court on his own recognizance a few weeks ago after he entered a not guilty plea to disturbing the public peace PPD and third degree assault is back in court for the same thing.
Aleluia Jr Faumui is now charged with 4...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The driver of a vehicle, who was stopped for not wearing a seatbelt, and later accused of violating local drug laws after police allegedly found a hand rolled marijuana joint in the vehicle, told police nobody can touch him or arrest him because he’s the nephew of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A former employee of the Office of Motor Vehicles (OMV), a division of the Department of Public Safety (DPS), charged with providing forged commercial driver’s permits to several locals, was sentenced yesterday, with Associate Justice Fiti Sunia saying the court was...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 43-year-old man from Malaeimi, who was walking around with a machete in hand, has been arrested and charged with private peace disturbance and third degree assault. Alema Siaosi made his initial appearance in District Court this week before Judge Elvis P. Patea.
Siaosi...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 42-year-old bus driver accused of assaulting his wife while he was intoxicated told the court he is sorry and he’ll never do it again.
The defendant was initially charged with public peace disturbance, endangering the welfare of a child, and third degree assault - all...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Dr. Kathleen Riley from Boston, Massachusetts arrived in the territory last Thursday and has been at the local Veterinary Clinic at the Department of Agriculture, conducting health checks and carrying out surgeries over the weekend and this week.
Dr. Riley is on island...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has extended for another 30-days, the Dec. 8th State of Emergency Declaration, due to the measles outbreak and includes the extension of the “short amnesty” program for overstayers to correct their immigration status.
The governor warned that...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 46-year-old man from Samoa accused of sexually abusing his 16-year-old niece was arrested 2 weeks ago after authorities were tipped off by the victim’s grandmother about the alleged incident.
The defendant was arrested pursuant to an arrest warrant from the court.
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary, Insular and International Affairs, Douglas W. Domenech applauds President Trump and Congress for signing the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020, Public Law 116-94, which includes among other things funding increases for...