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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Associate Justice Fiti Sunia issued an order last week, barring all counsels, their representatives, agencies, or acquaintances who were involved in Thomas Siaumau’s trial from contacting any and all members of the jury unless by order of the court.
Siaumau was back in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man arrested and charged for allegedly assaulting another man who was eventually hospitalized, made his initial appearance in District Court yesterday morning.
Bail for Maranata Leaumoana remains at $5,000 despite a request for bail reduction by his attorney, Assistant...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man charged with assaulting his wife has entered a 'not guilty' plea to the three charges against him: public peace disturbance, third degree assault, and endangering the welfare of a child.
(To protect the identity of the victim and the children, Samoa News is...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Legislative proposals from the administration have been submitted to the Fono for review, when lawmakers returned to work this past Monday after a 4-week recess.
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Acting Governor Lemanu Peleti Mauga has sent to the Fono for approval a bill to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Tafuna High School principal Tutuila Togilau has sought Tualauta Rep. Larry Sanitoa’s assistance after another break-in at the school this year.
According to Togilau, she found out from the school’s cooks on Monday morning, Mar. 11, that the office was broken into. “This...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Sen. Tuaolo Manaia Fruean shared with his colleagues yesterday that Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga underwent surgery last Wednesday and when the senator left Monday to return home, Lolo was still not awake.
Tuaolo didn’t say where Lolo is hospitalized, or the name of the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man charged with public peace disturbance and resisting arrest following an incident that occurred this past Saturday, Mar. 9, at the Bowling Alley in Tafuna has been ordered to remain sober and stay away from the Bowling Alley.
Tigilau Apisai made his initial...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — One of the three men arrested last year after police discovered 8g of a white crystalline substance and drug paraphernalia inside a truck is going to jail.
Pio Atonio, who has been in custody since his arrest, unable to post a $5,000 surety bond, appeared in High Court...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A Disposition Hearing for Sopi Senio is scheduled for Friday, Mar. 15, after he admitted to violating conditions of his probation, when he failed to visit the Probation Office.
Senio appeared in High Court last Friday for a preliminary examination. He was represented by...
Washington, D.C. — The Trump Administration has proposed $611 million for fiscal year 2020 through the Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) for the the U.S. territories of Guam, American Samoa, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands....