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Taotasi Archie Soliai
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The US Secretary of Interior, American Samoa Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources (DMWR) and its director, Taotasi Archie Soliai, along with unnamed DMWR individuals and unnamed fishermen, are named as defendants in a new lawsuit filed in the federal court in...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A male passenger arrested for consuming alcohol on an aiga bus last month is now charged with violating local drug laws when police allegedly found drugs in his possession. Taulaga Avia, 29, made his initial appearance in court three weeks ago. Avia is charged with one...
American Samoa District Court building
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who is on probation for burglary and stealing is now back in court on another stealing allegation. Police arrested Maalona Soo, also known as Maa Soo two months ago just after he was released from the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) after serving a 28-month...
Lt. Gov. Talauega Eleasalo V. Ale
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Territorial Hazard Mitigation Council has put out a public call for all interested parties to submit proposals for Hazard Mitigation Projects. The call was made in a May 12th public letter from the council’s chairman, Lt. Gov. Talauega Eleasalo V. Ale, who is the...
Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata speaking with an unidentified woman
Washington, D.C. — American Samoa is to receive over $479 million ($479,135,254) in federal funds resulting from this year’s legislation known as the American Rescue Plan, according to Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata. Uifa’atali noted that the U.S. Treasury announced this week that the funds from...
ASPA crew working to restore power last Friday
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa Power Authority (ASPA) executive director Wallon Young confirmed over the weekend that last Friday’s power outage, affected the entire island of Tutuila and provided an explanation as to the cause of the outage, which occurred around 7:48a.m. The...
Lt. Gov. Talauega Eleasalo V. Ale
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — US territories looking at independence from the United States, was one question of interest raised by a congressman, during last week’s remote U.S House Committee on Natural Resources, Insular Affairs hearing in which Lt. Gov. Talauega Eleasalo V. Ale testified from...
Local attorney Lornalei Meredith Fanene
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The 74th American Samoa Community College (ASCC) Commencement Ceremony will take place on Friday, May 21st beginning at 10 a.m. on the malae fronting the College’s Multi-Purpose Center. As has become standard practice for ASCC Commencements, the Governor, the Board of...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In the Samoa News story published last Friday, May 14, 2021, “The oral traditions of Manu’a — time to preserve them local scholars say,” the leaders from the Manu’a Island who offered information to the Samoan Studies Institute (SSI) at the American Samoa Community...
American Samoa District Court building
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man convicted by the court last year for 3rd degree assault and endangering the welfare of a child, during a domestic violence incident is now back in court after police arrested him two weeks ago on the same allegation — he assaulted his wife again. To protect the...

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