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(This article has been corrected to show that the court issued a subpoena not a bench warrant. )
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Associate Justice Fiti Sunia has issued a subpoena for Attorney General, Falefatu Ala’ilima-Utu to appear in court this morning to answer to the court’s question regarding...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga has extended to next month the deadlines for Executive Branch employees to comply with being fully COVID-19 vaccinated and for “overstayers” in American Samoa to apply for the 2021 Amnesty Program.
The deadline extensions are among a few new...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A verbal altercation that resulted in a taxi driver getting punched in the eye has netted Tupe Toeetu a 12-month probation sentence and a $100 fine to be paid within 30 days.
Toetu was initially charged with public peace disturbance and two counts of third degree assault...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Instead of being “suspended”, an Executive Branch employee who fails to comply with a new regulation to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 will be placed on “leave”, according to Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga’s new COVID-19 Declaration, which also...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The court emphasized during the sentencing of two men from Samoa convicted of drug charges, that sponsors need to understand and fulfill their responsibilities under immigration laws. The court said failure on the sponsor’s part to not renew an alien’s immigration ID is...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The process by the Samoa Government of not accepting its citizens back home in Samoa despite a court order for deportation being issued due to their being overstayers in the territory and their travel documents have expired — did not sit well with the High Court....
Surrounded by DPS Police Officers were the four of the seven inmates that departed for Samoa last Thursday via Lady Naomi after serving their detention at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF). [photo: AF]
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The House of Representatives is working closely with the Administration to set up a repatriation flight to allow inmates from Samoa who have completed their jail sentences to return back home pursuant to court orders.
A hearing is scheduled this morning at 8:30 a.m...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The court emphasized during the sentencing of two men from Samoa convicted of drug charges that sponsors need to understand and fulfill their responsibilities under immigration laws.
The court said failure on the sponsor’s part — of not renewing the alien’s immigration...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “I don’t care what the Samoa Government says about their citizens being overstayers here in the territory. Just send them back to Samoa.”
These were the words of Associate Justice Fiti Sunia during the sentencing of a man from Samoa, convicted of assaulting a high school...