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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,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 35-year-old man who was accused of inappropriately touching a woman has admitted to the charge against him.
Rodney Levi was initially charged with attempted rape and 1st degree sexual abuse, both class C felonies, punishable by a jail term of not more than 7 years, a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa will receive more than $10M of grant funding under the Capital Improvement Project (CIP), awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) for fiscal year (FY) 2021.
In the official OIA release, Keone Nakoa, Deputy Assistant...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service (USDA FNS), has approved American Samoa’s request to increase benefit levels for all ASNAP participants starting today, Friday, October 1, 2021.
In a press release distributed yesterday, Department of Human...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Before 2a.m. yesterday local time, the US Department of Labor had already released the updated American Samoa Minimum Wage poster, that includes the new federally mandated 40-cents per hour hike in all 17 different industry classifications — effective Sept. 30.
Federal...