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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The driver of a vehicle pulled over by cops for a traffic violation was later charged with violating local drug laws.
William Fanolua, who made his initial appearance in Court last month is charged with one count of unlawful possession of marijuana and one count of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Education Department held a joint ceremony on Monday this week at the Fagaitua High School campus to dedicate a new two-story building recognized as “Building E,” and a the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a new facility.
Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) this week awarded over $268,000 in Fiscal Year 2022 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP) funding to American Samoa. This USDA grant will help the American Samoa Department of Agriculture and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The differences in airfares between flights to Apia and Manu’a were highlighted during a recent House Hearing chaired by Samauel Ioka Ale Meleisea of the Commerce Committee.
Samoa Airways officials that testified were Acting Area Manager Fiona Mariner and Operations...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — ASG is drawing up plans for the speedy evacuation of residents of the Manu'a islands in case the ongoing earthquakes become a safety issue.
Earthquakes have been reported in Manu'a since July 26 due to The Ta'u Island underwater volcano.
Director of Homeland Security,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Jean P. Haydon Museum announced yesterday that it would host the 2022 Constitutional Convention Exhibit, opening on Aug. 31 from 12p.m. to 4p.m. A historic presentation of American Samoa's treasured documents and photos will be on display.
In addition to a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga, in an Aug. 24 memorandum directed that the United States and American Samoa flags be flown at half-staff today, Aug. 26 from 6a.m. to 5p.m. “as a mark of respect” for the late High Talking Chief (HTC), Lealao Soloatoa Melila Purcell Jr. (seen in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Health Department began distributing this poster photo on social media promoting, “Free Heart Screening for all kids ages 4 years and older.” The Brigham Young University Rheumatic Heart Disease Relief Team is back and this time for two whole weeks.
The team is...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man convicted of a crime while still on probation was ordered to serve out his period of detention that had been suspended at the beginning of this year.
Faamoe Onofia appeared in District Court last month for two separate hearings — a pretrial conference for his new...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A Commerce Department five-member panel has “completed its review of three applications received” for the American Samoa Broadband iNEI Initiative, for which $10 million is allocated under the territory’s multimillion dollar share of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA),...