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American Samoa District Court building
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man was arrested by police pursuant to an arrest warrant on the allegation that he attempted to rape a 16-year-old girl at her residence. The man made his initial appearance in District Court last month. (Samoa News has chosen not to release the name of the defendant...
Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga has returned to lawmakers a Fono approved bill — originating from the Senate — that hikes the contribution rate of employers and employees to the ASG Employees Retirement Fund — without his signature or approval of the measure, which was to help...
Veterans Memorial Monument
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In “Honoring All Who Served”, the ASG Veterans Affairs Office hosted late afternoon, Nov. 10th, the “Pre-Veterans Day Block Party” at the Veterans Memorial Monument in the Tafuna Industrial Park, with the celebration kicking off at 4p.m. and closing at 8p.m. Department...
American Samoa High Court building
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Two of the five inmates who escaped from the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) while serving their period of detention from previous convictions appeared in High Court last week for their hearings before Chief Justice Michael Kruse. Falaniko Fetoa’i who is serving...
Mariana Timu-Faiai
Washington, D.C. — Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming a grant of $400,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Justice Programs to the American Samoa Criminal Justice Planning Agency. “Congratulations to CJPA Director Mariana Timu-Faiai and her team, for their efforts in qualifying for...
ODAPM director Lisa Tuato’o
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — ASG’s Office of Disaster Assistance and Petroleum Management (ODAPM) has received a positive review from the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on four disaster grant awards for two U.S Presidential declared disasters in the territory. “We would like to take...
American Samoa District Court building
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who allegedly assaulted his 16-year-old nephew was arrested and charged. Malaki Tuli made his initial appearance in Court last month. He is charged with one count of abuse of a child, a class D felony; along with one count of endangering the welfare of a child and...
Motusa Tuileama Nua
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A passenger on the Nov. 1st flight from Honolulu has tested positive for COVID-19 and the individual — as required of all those entering American Samoa — is fully vaccinated and is a local resident. This is according to sources who shared information with Samoa News as...
President Joe Biden
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Access to affordable child care, combating climate change, reducing housing costs, and local eligibility for the federal Supplemental Security Income (SSI), are the among the many benefits that American Samoa is expected to receive under U.S President Joe Biden’s “Build...
just asking logo
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Office of Procurement published on Oct. 25th in Samoa News, a request for proposal (RFP) from qualified firms for the “COVID-19 Vaccine Engagement Plan”. Haven’t seen any article by Samoa News on what this project is all about. And some of us in the community are...

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