“Nu’u fou” land
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Senate President Tuaolo Manaia Fruean is puzzled as to why the media was banned from a recent Senate Select Investigation Committee (SSIC) hearing by Chairman Senator Togiola T. A. Tulafono.
Tuaolo told Samoa News on Friday that he will “enquire about it. My...
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...


![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)