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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Day five of the case against Thomas Siaumau saw the government call several witnesses including the lead investigating officer, Det. Savelio Vaofanua. The government also presented to the jury several photographs from the crime scene, including photos of the police unit...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa government is looking at federal funding under a hazard mitigation grant program to address drainage problems at Fagaima after Tropical Storm Gita. The Fagaima area is one of the most hard-hit parts of the territory during heavy rain and it was only...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga is hopeful that the US Interior Department’s Office of Insular and International Affairs as well as the White House would establish a “group or a unit” to follow up on requests presented by the US territories during the annual Interagency Group...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The chief executive of the telecommunications company BlueSky says there'll be no immediate changes to its management after a recent buyout.
The company's operations in American Samoa, Samoa and the Cook Islands has been taken over by Amalgamated Telecom Holdings of Fiji...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The inclement weather drenching Tutuila over the weekend cleared up long enough for the participants to stay dry as the unveiling ceremony of the Lalolagi o le Sami (World of the Sea) Tank Farm Mural Project took place on the morning of Saturday, February 23rd. The...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The former Native American Samoa Advisory Council (NASAC) employee convicted of misappropriating $36,000 from her former employee is ordered by the Trial Division of the High Court of American Samoa to serve a period of detention of 28 month at the Territorial...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — During a special presentation last Friday at the Bluesky Communications branch in Tafuna, Pago Pago Trading Company Ltd. (PPTC), Bluesky Communications and the American Samoa Government announced their Multi-Cultural event — “We Are One” — for the upcoming Flag Day...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Associate Justice Fiti Sunia postponed the Thomas Siaumau trial until 9am this morning, because one of the jurors was sick and unable to attend court last Friday.
Before the case was postponed, Sunia reminded jurors not to discuss the case among themselves, nor read any...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Trial Division of the High Court of American Samoa has denied the motion filed by Titifalaula Siaumau last week, seeking an order to amend his probation terms to facilitate his early release from detention to care for his children and wife.
“Having considered the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The 26-year old man convicted of assaulting another man at the Fagatogo Market while intoxicated was ordered by District Court Judge Elvis. P. Patea not to set foot in the market during the period of his 12-month probation.
Filisi Fetuao, a.k.a “Fritz” was initially...