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The District Court has set bail at $500 for Hosea Tevita, who was taken into custody two weeks ago following an incident in Happy Valley where he allegedly went to a neighbor’s home with a kitchen knife and threatened the couple and their children.
Tevita made his initial appearance in court two...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — More than 4,000 COVID-19 doses have been administered to children between the ages of 5 to 11 during the government’s three week mass vaccination drive in December, according to recent Health Department data, while the department has set up vaccination sites at its...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a Dec. 28 memorandum, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga established the government’s Food Security and Safety Committee, and appointed 19 members — which includes the the American Samoa Chamber of Commerce chair, while the rest of the membership are cabinet...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The man who is accused of giving juveniles marijuana to sell for him has asked the Court to set his case for jury trial. The trial is now set for 2023.
Tali Malo appeared in court last week for his pretrial conference. When Malo’s case was called, his attorney informed...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In an agency notice dated Dec. 21 and publicly released yesterday, the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says it’s amending temporary permits issued to Bumble Bee Foods, LLC, and StarKist Seafood Co. to market test canned tuna.
The FDA noted previous amendments made...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The territory will soon have a private geriatric and wound care center. And it has received Medicare approval as a certified health care center.
This is the Charity Geriatric and Wound Care Center in Fogagogo.
Tapumanaia Galu Satele, corporate officer of the new medical...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man accused of assaulting another man in Aunu’u with a machete on Christmas day is now in custody and he’s being charged with a single count of 1st degree assault, a class A felony, punishable by a term of imprisonment of not less than ten nor more than thirty years....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — While death is often referred to as part of the natural order of our lives, it is not an easy thing to accept, especially by family members and friends, whether the departed were public figures or otherwise. Each loss is keenly felt and mourned, with the hope that time...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With the threats of climate change growing more evident this year, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga has signed on Dec. 23, Executive Order 019-21 creating the American Samoa Resilience Commission & Governor's Resilience Office.
In a press release issued this past Wed, the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Continuing her father's legacy, Olivia C. Reid on behalf of the Lealaifuaneva Peter E. Reid Charitable Foundation on Wednesday presented a check for $86,700 that goes towards the Fatuoaiga Cathedral repair project ($30,0000); as well as repair/renovation projects for St...