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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Fono will convene next Monday for the third regular session of the 37th Legislature, and Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga will deliver his annual State of the Territory Address during a joint session at the Gov. H. Rex Lee Auditorium.
Under local statute, the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — This year 2022 marks Neil’s Ace Home Center’s 13th Annual holiday fundraising project since 2009, with the American Samoa Community Cancer Coalition. The special fundraiser raises funds for stipends to assist cancer patients with their medical bills, medical care, as...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Drugs, guns, ammunition and a police radio were discovered during a police raid when armed detectives and police officers of the DPS Vice and Narcotic K-9 Unit executed two search warrants in different locations on the east side of the island earlier this week.
Four...
CORVALLIS, Oregon. – A research team led by NOAA’s Cooperative Institute for Marine Ecosystem and Resource Studies at Oregon State University has developed an automated method that can accurately identify calls from a family of fishes — developed though research in American Samoa waters.
The method...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man accused of assaulting his ex-girlfriend while her one-month old baby was in the vehicle with her — and later damaged his family property was arrested pursuant to an arrest warrant of the court.
The defendant, Joshua Siaumau, a.k.a Joshua Letuligasenoa made his...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Autopsies for the four men killed in the December 18 car accident in front of the StarKist Samoa cannery were completed yesterday, according to reports from RNZ.
The CEO of LBJ hospital Faumuina John Faumuina, informed Attorney General Fainuulelei Ala'ilima Utu that...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Plaintiffs in the citizenship case (Fitisemanu v. United States) will take their case to the Supreme Court of the United States after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit denied their petition for review by the full court last week.
Neil Weare, president and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Cases of men violating local drug laws continue to pack the court docket and are notably from different walks of life.
NEEMIA TAULAGA
A man convicted of violating local drug laws was sentenced to 5 years probation.
Neemia Taulaga, who has been in custody since his arrest...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Latest Health Department vaccination data shows a total of 2,222 children in the age group of 5 to 11 years old are now fully vaccinated for COVID-19, which is a great achievement for the government’s “Protect AS One” vaccination drive since doses for this age group only...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With the new year starting off amid surges of COVID-19 infections in record numbers across the United States due to the Delta and Omicron variants, Lt Gov Talauega Eleasalo Va’alele Ale is reiterating Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga ‘s recent comments that the foremost priority...