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Honolulu, Hawaii – Ms. Gingerlei Porter and students from the UH Manoa, Ms. Oilau Lutali and Ms. Britanica Sene, met with officials at the American Samoa Government Hawaii Office recently on potential areas for collaboration and opportunities for students from American Samoa within UH Manoa...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Armed detectives from the DPS Vice & Narcotics Unit, along with several other unarmed police officers executed two search warrants in two different homes on the west side of the island last week, where they seized drugs, drugs paraphernalia and prohibited weapons....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Lolo Administration has already put in place the American Samoa TeleCommunications Authority’s Financial Recovery Plan (FRP), which calls “for the immediately settlement of the leadership management issues currently existing” at the ASG telecom provider. This was...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 28-year-old man who entered American Samoa on a 30-day permit 8 years ago appeared in District Court last week for his initial appearance.
According to the court affidavit, Malae Sola came to American Samoa on Oct. 30, 2010 and continued to stay in the territory...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — District Court Judge Fiti Sunia gave one final piece of advice to a former DPS officer, accused of touching a female officer in a sexual manner, “If you miss any of your court appearances one more time, you will find yourself inside the Territorial Correctional Facility...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 42-year-old man who was convicted of stealing, and later selling a tool box containing tools belonging to a mechanic, has been ordered to pay a $1,000 fine as a condition of his 7-year probation sentence.
Onosa’i Latu was convicted of stealing, a felony punishable by 7...
Salt Lake City, UTAH — After hearing oral arguments this week, a federal judge in Salt Lake City, Utah has taken under submission and will issue a written opinion “as soon as possible” in the US citizenship case filed by three US nationals living in Utah, according to federal court records.
The...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — After spending 51 days in custody due to his illegal immigration status, the 59-year-old man who used a small knife to cut his hands and chest was released from custody, to await his pretrial conference hearing which is set for Nov. 23.
Before Puou Vili was released from...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who claimed a package mailed through the U.S. Post Office on Apr. 13, 2017 in which crystal methamphetamine was found entered into a plea bargain with the government last week.
Valaau Tinoa, 47, was initially charged with unlawful possession of a controlled...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Acting Associate Justice Elvis Patea has accepted a request from the Public Defender's Office to continue Alapati Mapu’s pretrial conference to next month, so they can go through all the information pertaining to the first three criminal cases filed against him, and add...