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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man convicted in December 2021, by a six-member jury — all women —of sexually assaulting his biological 16-year-old daughter has been sentenced by the High Court to serve 60 months at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) as a condition of his 15-year probation....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga told the U.S Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources that American Samoa lacks resources to enforce illegal fishing — which seriously impacts the canneries — outside of the 200-miles territorial waters.
The governor participated...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — During a Zoom session yesterday, the Health Department confirmed that 15 travelers from the Jan. 27 flight from Honolulu have tested positive for COVID-19, according to a traveler on the same flight who is in quarantine.
These are the results from the second test,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 71-year old woman from American Samoa and currently residing in Nevada, who was previously convicted of stealing her late father’s social security benefits, was sentenced Monday at the federal court in Las Vegas for a similar crime — this time, stealing the social...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — During virtual testimony from the territory, before a U.S. congressional committee, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga said American Samoa faces the same challenges as the other U.S territories dealing with “inflation” which he says is an issue that “we want to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Testimony by LBJ Medical Cemter officials during a House Health committee hearing this week concerns many faipule. LBJ issues include the ongoing problem of shortage of nurses and that LBJ is not ready to deal with COVID-19 cases.
LBJ Hospital CEO Faumuina John Faumuina’...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A male driver and a female passenger in a vehicle pulled over by police officers for a seat belt violation last month are now in custody after officers discovered illegal drugs and paraphernalia in the vehicle.
Moreover, the male passenger was the same person allegedly...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Police Commissioner Lefiti Atiulagi Pese informed senators yesterday that three DPS officers have been given termination letters after their drug test results came back positive.
Lefiti made the public revelation, responding to a query from Sen. Fonoti Tafa’ifa Aufata...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Due to the lack of school bus service for some elementary schools in the Eastern District, the Department of Education is reaching out to local bus owners for help to transport students to and from school everyday, while DOE is still waiting for fifteen new school buses...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man accused of burning his friend’s house with the intention of killing him and his uncle told police that the reason he planned to murder his friend and his uncle was to pay back what his friend had done to him — consistently lying to him and borrowing money from him...