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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A young mother with prior convictions for stealing and unlawful possession of illegal drugs is back in court, once again charged with stealing. This time, she’s accused of stealing money from her grandmother to buy meth for herself and her boyfriend.
Tafale Seulala who...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 36-year-old man with a criminal history has been ordered to depart the territory and remain outside of its borders upon release from the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF), as a condition of his 5-year probation.
Mark Afasene, who has been in custody unable to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — There will be two more chances for your holiday gifts to arrive after two addition cargo flights are scheduled.
in addition to the regular once a week cargo flight there’ll be two extra mail flights before Christmas. The first one is on December 20 and the second one is...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S Department of Transportation has approved for 12-months — from Dec. 9, 2021 to Dec. 9, 2022 — Samoa-based, Talofa Airways’ renewal of its exemption from federal cabotage law to continue operating both scheduled and charter flights, as well as all cargo air...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Beginning yesterday, December 17, Samoa-headquartered National Pacific Insurance (NPI) became wholly owned by New Zealand insurer Tower, in “an important final step” in the group’s ongoing standardization and digitization.
“Tower had done a very significant digital...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man charged with a single count of second-degree assault — a felony — waived his right to a preliminary examination this past Wednesday in District Court.
(To protect the identity of the victim, who is the defendant's wife, Samoa News is withholding the names of all...
Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) has announced that applications for fiscal year (FY) 2022 funding under the Coral Reef and Natural Resources (CRNR) Initiative may now be submitted to Grants.Gov for funding consideration to support the U.S....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man was arrested by DPS Vice & Narcotics Unit last month for alleged drug possession.
Mamoe Saili made his initial appearance in District Court. The preliminary examination (PX) is scheduled for next Thursday at 10:30a.m.
Saili is charged with one count of unlawful...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The latest Basic Food Index (BFI) released this week by the Commerce Department’s Statistical Division, shows the continued hike in the cost of basic food items in American Samoa in November, which registered an “increase of 3.4%” from October’s BFI.
According to the DOC...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The COVID-19 vaccine for 5 to 11 years olds has been put on hold by the Health Department for selected schools on Thursday, Dec. 16th and today, Friday, Dec. 17th at the vaccination sites, according to a DoH health advisory sent out late Wednesday afternoon.
And this is...