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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 22-year-old male from Samoa accused of sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl is now in custody after he was arrested two weeks ago.
The defendant, Sitivi Tololi, a fish cleaner at the cannery made his initial appearance in District Court two weeks ago.
He is charged one...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S Supreme Court “has yet again left unresolved the question of whether people born in American Samoa are U.S. citizens, which is a disservice both to those who want recognition of a right to citizenship and those who oppose it,” declared American Samoa based...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Department of Public Safety (DPS) is investigating the death of an elderly woman found on the dirt road heading into Kokoland.
It appears to be a “hit and run” says a senior police officer who spoke anonymously as he was not authorized to talk to the media.
Samoa...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Lyndon B Johnson, Tropical Medical Center has announced a medical scholarship at the Fiji University Medical School in 2023.
The deadline is October 30, 2022.
This is outlined in an announcement posted on the hospital’s website. The announcement states that bachelor’...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Drug defendant gets a second chance from the court, after his tearful plea for the court’s indulgence to return home to care for his young children.
Silila Faamanatu, who has been in jail since June appeared before the court for sentencing last week. Faamanatu, who has a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata welcomes news on Monday that the Supreme Court of the United States did not take up the Fitisemanu case, allowing the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals decision to stand and in essence confirming the prior Tuaua case in the DC Court of Appeals...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A father has been charged by the police over the alleged beating of his 10-year-old son.
The defendant made his initial appearance in District Court last month and is charged with abuse of a child and 2nd degree assault.
His bail is set at $10,000. To protect the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S Supreme Court yesterday denied a request by three individuals born in American Samoa and residing in Utah, to review a decision by the majority of the U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals, which ruled that citizenship birth on U.S. soil is not applicable to those...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Lt. Gov. Talauega E.V. Ale, in his capacity as acting governor last Friday, proclaimed today, Oct. 17 as American Samoa’s “Constitution Day” with the celebration later this afternoon at Suigaula o le Atuvasa Park in Utulei.
This is the second year in a row that the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “The United States will continue to support American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S Virgin Islands in their collective and individual endeavors to improve the quality of life of their peoples,” declared Jeffrey DeLaurentis, the Senior Adviser for Special Political Affairs of...