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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who was ordered to pay $825.24 in restitution for tools he stole from his neighbor, is asking the court to give him four months to pay it in full. Aleki Solomona appeared in court last month for an Order To Show Cause (OSC) hearing, for failing to comply with...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man accused of selling hand rolled marijuana cigarettes to two men last year has entered into a plea agreement. Faamanatu Alesana, 38, of Tafuna appeared in court last week for his change of plea hearing. Alesana, a farmer, was initially charged with unlawful...
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Pittsburg, PENNSYLVANIA — StarKist Co. said it will spend $3.6 million to relocate its corporate and administrative headquarters operations to Fairfax County, Virginia, where the company expects to have 83 employees, according to the Pittsburg Gazette newspaper. The company announced recent plans...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man was arrested a week ago last Friday — a month after police found a glass pipe containing white crystalline substance along with two hand rolled marijuana cigarettes inside his vehicle during a routine traffic stop —  he was observed speeding on a public road....
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Four men have been arrested after armed detectives and police officers of the Department of Public Safety (DPS) Vice and Narcotics Unit executed a search warrant at a house on the western side of the island. Three men were arrested at the house while the fourth, who is...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man from Seetaga was arrested by police last week on the allegation that he assaulted his wife using a beer bottle while he was intoxicated. According to the victim’s statement to investigators, this is not the first time her husband assaulted her at their home and she...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A father of three who is on probation for a meth conviction was ordered by the High Court last week to served 30 days at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) for violating conditions of his probation. Mikaele Seumanu appeared in Court last Friday for his...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As of the week of June 7th, just over 200 households in American Samoa have enrolled in the Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB) program, administered by the US Federal Communication Commission (FCC), according to FCC public data. The new initiative is to help families and...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — At the 53rd Faga’itua High School Commencement Exercise, 116 seniors for the Class of 2021 received their high school diplomas during the graduation ceremony at the school’s gym, yesterday morning. The graduates are seen in this photo standing at the start of the...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The driver of a vehicle that struck a woman while crossing in the pedestrian crosswalk in front of the drive to the Fagatogo Central Police Station last Friday night was arrested and is now being charged. Benjamin Toa made his initial appearance before District Court...

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