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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 30-year-old man who was picked up pursuant to an arrest warrant from the court, on the allegation that he unlawfully entered a store in Nu’uuli area and stole several items. The government filed two separate cases against Apelu Faavae when he made his initial...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The driver of a blue truck that was pulled over by police late last month for driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI) is also being charged with unlawful possession of drugs. Ualesi Lavasii made his initial appearance in District Court where he was charged with...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Attorneys representing the Territory of American Samoa — through ASG and the Governor’s Office —  are asking the United States Supreme Court to approve its “writ of certiorari” to review a federal appeal’s court ruling, which reversed a lower court decision dealing with...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 30-year-old man accused of selling marijuana joints at the cannery last year has pled guilty.  Cops arrested Pelenato Sami on Oct. 22, 2020 after a female employee of the cannery informed police about a man selling drugs to several cannery employees in front of a...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Fa’asao Marist High School has received an additional three years of accreditation, according to the Accrediting Commission for Schools, Western Association of Schools and Colleges (ASC WASC) which says that the action was taken at the Spring 2021 Commission meeting....
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA —Leaders and elders of the Congregational Christian Church of American Samoa (CCCAS) have designated, June 6th, this coming Sunday, as "Pray for Samoa" day for the entire CCCAS locally and abroad “to remember and pray for Samoa and the political situation going on over...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The owner of a rental unit in the Nu’uuli area who was charged and convicted of assaulting his tenants — a man and his son — was sentenced to 12 months probation in District Court. Ilalio Tufuga was initially charged with second-degree assault, a class D felony. But the...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Through a June 2nd memorandum, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga announced that American Samoa Visitors Bureau executive director Taimalelagi Minnie P. Tuia will be absent from her post beginning June 1st. And he therefore designated Visitors Bureau’s marketing...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As of June 1st, the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has received four applicants from American Samoa seeking COVID-19 funeral related expense but none are approved yet, according to FEMA online data for the week of June 1st. No other public information was...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The US Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) has proposed more than $24 million in basic operations for the American Samoa government and nearly $10.3 million in Capital Improvement Project (CIP) funds for the territory under the Biden Administration’s fiscal year...

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