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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who unlawfully entered a house at night and attempted to sexually abuse a 16-year-old girl last year was sentenced to 28 months in prison, as a condition of his 7-year probation sentence.
Anthony Valaau, 26, was initial charged with burglary in the second-degree...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The ASG Department of Commerce’s Statistics Division released on Tuesday, the combined 2018-2019 Statistical Yearbook for the territory. And this is the thirty-seventh edition of this publication.
The Yearbook provides statistics and trends of demographic, social and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The first 50 workers from Samoa, under the local Guest Worker Permit legislation for StarKist Samoa started arriving on Wednesday this week, over a four-day period, says the acting governor, Lt. Gov. Talauega Eleasalo V. Ale, who is also chair of the COVID-19 Task Force...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The acting governor, Lt. Gov. Talauega Eleasalo V. Ale is inviting the public to the “Protect AS One - Festival”.
The festival — set for tomorrow, Saturday, at the Veterans Memorial Stadium from 4p.m to 8p.m — is the culmination of several weeks work, since May of this...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — After the work on the road leading up to Mauga o Ali’i was brought to the public’s attention this week, the Governor’s Office released a statement explaining that in collaboration with the Department of Public Works, the Governor's Office is working to mitigate...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who is on probation for a drug conviction from four years ago was arrested last month on the allegation that he assaulted a man by hitting him on the head with a metal pipe during a verbal argument between the victim and the defendant, and when he was brought in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “Fifteen food commodities increased in price for this month,” according to July’s Basic Food Index (BFI) report released Aug. 6th by the Commerce Department’s Statistics Division.
It states that the average cost of a 22-pound box of chicken legs decreased by 0.1% while...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Port Administration has imposed restrictions for the Pago Pago International Airport terminal, effective Aug. 5th, saying that the new restrictions meet the department’s health and safety measures and U.S Transportation Security Administration regulations for the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 35-year-old man who was convicted of stealing checks from a businessman and forging his signature was sentenced yesterday to 5 years in jail. During sentencing the court pointed to his criminal record, which seems to have started about the time he became a father —...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Two more medical charters are now scheduled for this month including one that will be used as a “test flight” bringing in up to 100 passengers, including medical personnel and government officials who will test local preparations when commercial flights between Honolulu...