GUN CHARGES
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A request from defense attorney Marcellus Talaimalo Uiagalelei to reduce bail for his client, Jonathan Fanene, was denied by District Court Judge Elvis P. Patea.
Fanene, the director of the Department of Youth and Women's Affairs (DYWA), made his initial appearance in...

![Department of Youth and Women's Affairs Jonathan Fanene speaking at a cabinet meeting in 2015, [SN file photo] Jonathan Fanene speaking at a cabinet meeting in 2015](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/jonathan_fanene_0595web.jpg?itok=HlUxs507)