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The federal court in Honolulu has granted the US Department of Justice’s request to extradite an American man, wanted in Tonga for the murder of his wife.
Dean Jay Fletcher escaped from the custody of Tonga police in late September of last year and headed to American Samoa where he was arrested on...
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TWO BOYS DROWN IN SAVAI’I ON SEPARATE OCCASIONS
Apia, SAMOA —The Samoa Police are investigating the deaths of two boys who drowned in Savaii earlier this week. This was made known during the weekly press conference at the Police Station in Apia this week. According to the Police Spokesperson, Su’a...
A Bumble Bee Foods senior Vice President of Sales, Walter Scott Cameron, has agreed to fully cooperate with the US Justice Department’s investigation into the conspiracy to fix prices of packaged seafood such as canned tuna sold in the US, according to his plea agreement filed with the San...
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Apia, SAMOA — Supreme Court Justice, Vui Clarence Nelson took issue with Samoa’s Police Authority who placed a 13-year-old juvenile inside the Tafaigata prison, where the boy was sexually assaulted by an inmate who was serving a 20-year jail term for raping his biological daughter.
This was...
Bumble Bee Foods veteran Walter Scott Cameron will likely see a prison term of at least 10 months, pay a $25,000 fine and agree to testify in tuna price-fixing investigation, following his plea deal with prosecutors.
According to the plea agreement released by the Department of Justice (DOJ),...
A man in Samoa has been charged with unlawfully entering the Congregational Christian Church of Samoa in Si'ufaga and stealing a statue of Mary.
Police said the alleged offence took place last Sunday morning and parts of the statue had been damaged.
A village source said the removal of Mary led to...
![Hawai’i state Rep. Cedric Solosolo Asuega Gates (standing-front) being recognized along with another lawmaker, on the floor of the Hawai’i state House of Representatives on Jan. 18 — the opening of the Hawai’i Legislature. Family members of lawmakers were also on the floor behind them. [photo: Rep. Gates Office]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/RepGates%2094241.jpg?itok=3Zzjg-hG "Hawai’i state Rep. Cedric Solosolo Asuega Gates (standing-front) being recognized along with another lawmaker, on the floor of the Hawai’i state House of Representatives on Jan. 18 — the opening of the Hawai’i Legislature. Family members of lawmakers were also on the floor behind them. [photo: Rep. Gates Office]")
When the Hawai’i Legislature convened last week for its new session, the youngest lawmaker among members is a person of Samoan ancestry from American Samoa in the Hawai’i state House of Representatives, serving his first term in office.
Hawai’i State Rep. Cedric Solosolo Asuega Gates represents...
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) — Gift cards are often the perfect gift, but the Hawaii Better Business Bureau has a warning to consumers: Don't buy them from store racks.
In a new scam, thieves are draining money from the cards once shoppers load them up.
Pearl City teen Michael Tam is one of many local...
![Samoa Stationery and Books owner and Chief Executive Officer Fiti Leung Wai during SSAB’s Ambassador Scholarship program that is part of their annual Back to School Campaign two weeks ago. She’s pictured here during the ceremony held at their SSAB conference room in Apia with one of the scholarship recipients. [Courtesy Photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/WS_SSAB.jpg?itok=UMNCgwOx "Samoa Stationery and Books owner and Chief Executive Officer Fiti Leung Wai during SSAB’s Ambassador Scholarship program that is part of their annual Back to School Campaign two weeks ago. She’s pictured here during the ceremony held at their SSAB conference room in Apia with one of the scholarship recipients. [Courtesy Photo]")
Apia, SAMOA — Aside from providing the products they sell, Samoa Stationery and Books (SSAB) is also investing in the future of Samoa through their SSAB- New Zealand Prime Minister’s Fellow Scholarship Award program which started back in 2015, according to SSAB’s CEO Fiti Leung Wai.
On the SSAB’s...
Parliament is a step closer to amending the Constitution to define Samoa as a Christian State.
This followed widespread support for the Constitutional Amendment Bill (No.2) 2016 tabled by Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sa’ilele Malielegaoi last year.
According to the Constitutional Amendment Bill (No. 2)...