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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 35-year-old man who was picked up pursuant to an arrest warrant from the court, on the allegation that he unlawfully entered the home of another family and stole several items is now charged with possession of illegal drugs. The government has filed two separate...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The ASG Coronavirus Task Force expects that by August Hawaiian Airlines will resume its commercial reservations and bookings as was the process pre-COVID. The frequency of commercial Hawaiian Air flights has yet to be determined and is contingent upon the success of...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Accrediting Commission for Schools, Western Association of Schools and Colleges (ACS-WASC) has issued accreditations for three public schools — Faleasao Elementary, Samoana and Nu’uuuli Vocational Technical high schools. The accreditations were outlined in three...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The driver of a pick-up truck that was pulled over by police last month for a traffic violation is facing drug charges, after police allegedly found a plastic container inside the vehicle containing small baggies of a white crystalline substance, along with drug...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man accused of giving marijuana to a minor to sell for him at the beginning of this year has asked the High Court to set his case for jury trial — and trial is now set for March 2024. Falani Opetaia appeared in court last week for his pretrial conference. The defense...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa’s total revenue increased 24% between fiscal years 2017 and 2019, according to the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) in its US Territories Public Debt Outlook — 2021 Update, released June 30th to the US Congress and also made public. GAO explained...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Data released yesterday by the Health Department shows that only 48.5% of the eligible population is COVID-19 fully vaccinate and the target is 80% or more. You are considered fully vaccinated 14 days after your second shot in a 2-dose series like the Pfizer or Moderna...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The US National Marine Fisheries Service is moving to implement a regulatory exemption that allows certain U.S. longline vessels, 50 feet and larger (large longline vessels) to fish in portions of the American Samoa’s Large Vessel Prohibited Area (LVPA) in territorial...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man accused of sexually abusing his 16-year-old cousin was arrested by police last month pursuant to an arrest warrant from the court, after the victim’s aunt filed her complaint against him with the police a few months ago. He is also charged with possession of...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The court told a man from Samoa convicted of violating local drug laws that the only option for the court to deal with foreigners who come into American Samoa and violate its drug laws is to send them back to their countries, in order for government to save local...

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