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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Health Department has established a directive that will allow a traveler who tests positive for COVID-19 to “home quarantine”, along with family members, if they choose to do so, and the traveler will still be required to check in through the ASG’s TalofaPass web-...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In an Oct. 1st memorandum, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga appointed five local residents to the American Samoa Advisory Council on Domestic and Family Violence.
“No one deserves to be a victim. We, as a community, must pool resources to support the Council and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man accused of burglarizing two homes in the Tafuna area last year was arrested last month on drug charges during a traffic stop in Nu’uuli. It was during his arrest that officers discovered an active warrant for the defendant’s arrest.
The defendant, Alesana Mapuitaga...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man was charged with disturbing the public peace (PPD) after he allegedly shouted threats and the Samoan War Cry (faaumuumu) at the Bowling Alley last month.
Patrick Vailoa made his initial appearance in court last month where he is scheduled to appear again next month...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With American Samoa’s strict protocol for travelers entering Pago Pago, Health Department officials said the territory is able to contain in quarantine and then isolation the COVID-19 cases after three travelers from the last two flights from Honolulu tested positive....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In February 2020, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) informed the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council about a change in stock status for the American Samoa bottomfish management unit species complex — from not overfished and not subject to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who entered into a plea agreement in a drug case has been ordered to depart the territory and remain outside of its borders for the duration of his 5-year probation sentence.
Tanielu Vaimili appeared in High Court last week for sentencing.
Vaimili, who has been in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A father was arrested by police last month and he’s now in custody for the alleged beating of his daughter.
The father who is the defendant in this case made his initial appearance in District Court last month.
He is charged with one count of abuse of a child (involving...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man from Tafuna who, along with a co-defendant broke into a store in Tafuna and stole about $1,000 worth of goods — none of which was recovered — was ordered by the court last week to pay restitution of $1,000 to the store, after he serves 28 months at the Territorial...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Police arrested a man from Ottoville last month, for the alleged sexual abuse of a 16-year-old girl. The man made his initial appearance in District Court last month. He is charged with first degree sexual abuse, a class D felony; and endangering the welfare of a child,...