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Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Through an Oct. 21st memorandum, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga appointed two more members of the American Samoa Fisheries Task Force. The additional members are Fa’afoi Palepua, senior manager of StarKist Samoa and Joe Hamby, representing purse seiners. Lemanu said the two “...
American Samoa High Court building
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An overstayer from Samoa who eluded police officers is finally in custody after he was arrested last month for stealing and burglary. Fred Lasi, a.k.a Fereti Lasi made his initial appearance in court last month. The government has filed two separate cases against Lasi....
Meth pipe on mirror
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who is serving 5 years probation for a drug conviction was arrested by police two weeks ago and charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance. He is charged with one count of unlawful possession of the controlled substance methamphetamine (meth), a...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a notice this past week, the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announced that it proposes s limit of 2,000 metric tons (t) of longline-caught bigeye tuna for 2022  for each U.S. Pacific territory — American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern...
American Samoa District Court building
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The man accused of sexually abusing his 13-year-old niece is now in custody after being arrested by police last week. [To protect the identity of the victim, Samoa News will not identify parties involved.) The defendant made his initial appearance before District Court...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency (AS-EPA) has completed sanitary surveys for the American Samoa Power Authority’s (ASPA) Manu’a and Satellite water systems as part of its regulatory role to protect public health. In a press release issued this past week...
Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is highlighted this past week —  National First Responders Day, and thanking First Responders everywhere and especially in American Samoa for the important work they do. “In 2019, Congress officially designated National First Responders Day for...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The National Weather Service (NWS) office Pago Pago is predicting that American Samoa will likely see normal to below normal tropical cyclone (TC) activity for the 2021-22 Tropical Cyclone season. In a NOAA press release issued this week, the NWS said “fairly consistent...
American Samoa population and housing chart
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday released the 2020 Census population and housing unit counts for American Samoa and the three other island insular areas — Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) and the U.S. Virgin Islands. As of April 1, 2020,...
Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata
Washington, D.C. — The status of plans for a new hospital and continuing Medicaid support for American Samoa — American Samoa’s highest priorities within the massive U.S. budget reconciliation bill known first as the “Build Back Better” bill then as “the human infrastructure” bill — appears to be...

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