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The groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the Nu’uuli Village Road-Coconut Point project. Funded by the US Department of Transportation, the project was awarded to Silva Group Corporation for $891,338 with a duration of 240 days. Work on the project involves construction of 6-inch thick...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — "This is the second time this has happened to me this week," Judge Fiti Sunia said yesterday when Poasi Puloka was a 'no-show' in court.
"Where is he?" Sunia asked. The Immigration officer who was in court could not provide an answer. "He was released to your office,"...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who has been a "regular" in Judge Fiti Sunia's courtroom over the past years has been sentenced to 24 months probation under one condition: he has to depart the territory on or before Thurs., Jan. 31, 2019 or he will serve 12 months imprisonment — minus time served...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Jon Lee, Command Executive Officer and staff of the 9th Mission Support Command (9th MSC) of the Army Reserve based in Fort Shafter, Hawai’i, speaking Monday during the 9th MSC forum regarding the Modular Small Arms Range (MSAR) being constructed in Tafuna.
Lee, at the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Attorney General Talauega Eleasalo Ale has shared with senators some background information on the Guest Worker Permit program law, which Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga reactivated on Jan. 11th as StarKist Samoa encountered early this month a “severe and acute absenteeism...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — District Court Judge Fiti Sunia said that "out of necessity" — after yesterday's initial appearance — he is recusing himself from hearing the government's case against Malia Sunia.
(Samoa News understands the defendant is married to Judge Sunia's uncle.)
Sunia is charged...
Pago Pago, AMERIAN SAMOA — The Faga'itua High School student who went missing in the waters of Tula village over the weekend is yet to be found.
This past Saturday and Sunday, the American Samoa Department of Homeland Security – TEMCO issued bulletins to recruit volunteer divers to help in the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — "The situation is different here, in that, one cannot comply with the law because another didn't comply." These were the words of District Court Judge Fiti Sunia last Thursday when Matai'a Mataio made his initial appearance after being charged with domestic violence....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Spencer Toeava was remanded back to custody yesterday morning, per order of Chief Justice Michael Kruse who noted that the value of the vehicle used as surety to release Spencer is less than the court-ordered $20,000 bond.
"This is not a numbers game," Kruse said...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Through two separate letters to the Legislative Financial Office, Rep. Larry Sanitoa requested financial reports for the American Samoa Government as well as the American Samoa Telecommunications Authority (ASTCA).
For the ASG financial reports, Sanitoa noted that...