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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 36-year-old man from Samoa who sexually assaulted his 30-year-old neighbor has entered into a plea agreement with the government, and he will be sentenced next month.
Michael Iona, who has a criminal record in District Court for crimes involving alcohol, was initially...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a $200,000 grant to the American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency (AS-EPA) to address air quality issues across the island of Tutuila. Stay-at-home orders tied to the COVID-19 pandemic have led to an increase...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Tafuna High School’s new two-story building dedicated in September, 2020 will not be in use when students return to school next week to begin the new school year 2021-2022, after the Acting Governor, Talauega Eleasalo Ale visited the school compound to follow up on...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Medicaid State Agency says the costs of COVID testing in the State of Hawaii will be covered under the AS Medicaid program, for bona fide American Samoa residents requesting to be tested in order to return to American Samoa, according to a press...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Citing the high cost to the government when declaring and observing an ASG holiday, the Senate yesterday rejected in second reading a House bill, that designates the first Monday of October as “Samoan Heritage Day” and creates an official holiday for the territorial...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a $200,000 grant to the American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency (AS-EPA) to address air quality issues across the island of Tutuila. Stay-at-home orders tied to the COVID-19 pandemic have led to an increase...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man arrested by police three weeks ago is now charged with unlawful possession of illegal drugs after police discovered drugs on his person and in his vehicle when he was pulled over during a traffic stop in Malaloa, on Aug. 4th.
The vehicle was stopped for speeding...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Shipyard Services Authority continues to carry out its motto of “Serving the Largest, Safest, and Busiest Port in the Pacific,” by completing its most recent project of repairing the Lady Naomi and placing her back into commission.
“We, the Shipyard...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Senators agreed with testimony by Attorney General Fainu’ulelei Falefatu Alailima-Utu that current laws pertaining to ASG land leases are good ‘as is’ and the Senate therefore rejected yesterday, in second reading, a Senate bill, seeking to overhaul local statutes on...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA —A quantity of methamphetamine (meth) was allegedly found on a man from Ottoville after police executed a warrant for his involvement in an incident where he and another man broke into a store in Nu’uuli in May of this year and stole several items.
During Misileo Niko’s...