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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Fono is not taking a mid session recess for the current First Session of the 37th Legislature, but instead will convene on the next two Saturdays, therefore ending the current session on Mar. 12th, a Friday.
The Constitution and law require the Fono to convene for 45...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Court has continued for two weeks sentencing for Lino Peni while additional information is being sought as to the status of the goods and property the defendant allegedly stole from an Asian store, and if any of the stolen property has been returned to the company,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Fono has officially endorsed the governor’s nomination of Muavaefa’atasi John Suisala as director of the Human and Social Service Department, the same department the nominee headed during the previous administration.
The Legislature’s final decision came yesterday...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Inmates who have completed their jail sentences and are sentenced to deportation to Samoa are to depart the territory on the Lady Naomi sailing of March 4th.
So says Attorney General Fainu’ulelei Ala’ilima Utu who testified at a House hearing last week, along with Acting...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Current and former senior ASG officials who are defendants in a federal lawsuit, contend that congregate activities such as worship services, where large numbers of people interact, can become “super-spreader” events for the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the defendants...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man from Happy Valley is now in custody after he was arrested last month in a traffic stop. William Lavea was taken into custody and held for 48 hours after police allegedly discovered a quantity of illegal drugs, drug paraphernalia and cash inside the vehicle.
The...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The fono took an unusual step for voting a Governor’s nominee this week when the House of Representatives approved acting Police Commissioner Lefiti Falelaulii Pese by a public show of hands instead of a secret ballot. The vote was 17-0.
Lefiti appeared before the House...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The driver of a vehicle pulled over by police last month for a traffic violation was arrested and charged for violating local drug laws.
Anthony Faamanatu made his initial appearance in court last month.
He is charged with one count of unlawful possession of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a memorandum issued yesterday, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga ordered flags in the territory to be flown at half-staff, until sunset on Friday, Feb. 26th, “as a mark of solemn respect and remembrance of the 500,000 American lives lost due to the deadly COVID...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Territory of American Samoa — through ASG and the Governor’s Office — has petitioned the Supreme Court of the United States to review a federal appeal’s court ruling, which reversed a lower court decision dealing with the Large Vessel Protected Area (LVPA) in...