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A confirmation hearing for Roy Hall Jr for another term as a member of the Retirement Fund Board did not take place because there were not enough senators present. The nominee, an attorney ...Read more
A confirmation hearing for Roy Hall Jr for another term as a member of the Retirement Fund Board did not take place because there were not enough senators present. The nominee, an attorney ...Read more
The selection of the next holder of the Tago title of Nu’uuli is back to square one after the High Court Lands and Titles Division ruled that a provision of the law requiring a family meeting to ...Read more
The man accused of biting a flight attendant on Hawaiian Air’s flight from Pago Pago to Honolulu on Monday has been released. Aumoeualogo Togia has posted a $25,000 unsecured bond and has been ...Read more
The High Court has taken under advisement a motion by drug defendant Brian Benjamin Loma for suppression of evidence that the government collected when he was taken into custody. A customs dog ...Read more
Attorney Mark Ude says the government is failing to provide due process to some of the detainees at the Territorial Correctional Facility.. The private attorney tells KHJ News he’s handled a ...Read more
Samoa’s Justice Minister Faaolesa Katopau Ainuu may have to make a personal appearance in the local District Court before his motion to quash a 2008 arrest warrant in his name can be ...Read more
With the highest Court in the land ruling that American Samoans cannot become US citizens by birth, where to now for the plaintiffs in the Tuaua vs US Government case? Local Attorney Charles ...Read more
The main plaintiff in the US citizenship case is not ready to give a comment about the Supreme Court’s decision yesterday which let stand an earlier ruling that American Samoans are not entitled ...Read more
The US Supreme Court’s decision not to hear the American Samoa citizenship case is a big win for territorial leaders including Congresswoman Aumua Amata Radewagen, who feels the case never ...Read more
The defendant in what is described as a case of parking space rage, Auma Faatili, was released on his own recognizance today after spending two nights at the Territorial Correctional Facility. The ...Read more