land grab
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — More than 20 objections have been filed with the Territorial Registrar against the proposition to register “Nu’u Fou” land consisting of 400+ acres as individually owned land, around Malaeimi, Fagasa and Aasu.
The objections are outlined in letters submitted by Chiefs...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Senate Select Investigative Committee (SSIC) on Monday afternoon started its investigation into the “Nu’u fou” land encompassing 400 acres+ around Malaeimi, Fagasa and Aasu — an issue that has been the center of grievances voiced by members of the public and the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Senate President, Tuaolo Manaia Fruean cautioned the acting manager of Survey Division of the Department of Public Works that “perjury” is criminal conduct.
Tuaolo made the comments during the second part of the Senate Select Investigative Committee (SSIC) hearing when...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The survey of the Nu’u Fou land consisting of over 400 acres was conducted by the manager of the Survey Division of Public Works Mapusone Laulu.
This was confirmed during the Senate Public Works Committee hearing on Monday by Amosa Sione, who is currently overseeing the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The process of registration of certain land called “Nuu Fou” by Mauga Tasi Asuega, Laulii Alofa, Michael T. Fuiavai; Patolo Mageo and others as “individually owned land” encompassing close to 400 acres has now come under the microscope of the Senate’s Select...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — One of the issues that will be discussed during a House Homeland Security hearing this Thursday is the issue regarding a large acreage of land, regarded as virgin bush in the hills of Fagasa and Pago Pago to Malaeimi and Aoloau and Aasu.
This was confirmed by Vice...

![Mauga Tasi Asuega, Secretary of the Samoan Affairs’s letter “affirms that this property is not under any jurisdiction of village control, nor family occupancy, nor any human habitation” and concludes there is no village mayor who is qualified to certify the survey of this property. This and other documents referenced in this report are available for down load from samoanews.com and our Facebook page: SamoaNews+ Media . [PDF of document]] Mauga Tasi Asuega letter](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/mauga_letter_1.jpg?itok=Etpk_4HX)
![Territorial Registrar Divine Iuli-Falaniko was the first witness sworn in before the SSIC on Monday afternoon. SSIC is investigating the 400+ acres of land that were proposed to be registered as “individually owned” land from ‘virgin bush’. [photo: JF] Territorial Registrar Divine Iuli-Falaniko](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/territorial_registrar_divine_iuli-falaniko_during_ssic_hearing.jpg?itok=ODLhpdWw)
![Acting manager of DPW survey division Sione Amosa appeared before the Senate for the second time pertaining to the survey of the 400+ acres of Nu’u fou land. He continued to insist that he did not have anything to do with the survey of the alleged ‘virgin bush’. [photo: JF] Sione Amosa](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/acting_manager_of_dpw_survey_division.jpg?itok=jg1a1Hdb)


![Photo of a portion of a a surveyor’s map that is signed and stamped of a large acreage of land regarded as virgin bush in the hills of Fagasa to Pago Pago to Malaeimi and Aoloau and Aasu — a copy of the whole map started circulating on Facebook this week, and it has gotten a lot of angry reactions from members of the public. So much so that it has now become one of the issues that will be discussed during a House Homeland Security hearing this Thursday. [Courtesy photo] portion of a a surveyor’s map](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/land_grab_5127.jpg?itok=XSfRp4bS)