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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Department of Commerce in a May 14th presentation to Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga revealed that they are ready to move forward with what is designated as the “Innovation and Technology Campus of American Samoa project”.
According to DOC director Petti Matila, the project...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The largest repat group yet, 263 travelers, arrived from Honolulu this past Wednesday, May 12. A statement issued yesterday by Homeland Security says the initial intake number – or those who started the quarantine process – totaled 275. However, due to positive COVID...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man was taken into custody after police discovered drugs inside a beer can he had in his possession.
Tuipine Niko made his initial appearance in District Court this week.
He is charged with unlawful possession of methamphetamine (meth) and unlawful possession of meth...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Federal attorneys representing the US National Marine Fisheries Service have asked the United States Supreme Court to deny a petition for a “writ of certiorari” by the Territory of American Samoa to review a federal appeal’s court ruling, which reversed a lower court...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a health advisory this week, the Health Department said that DoH and VA medical teams will continue COVID-19 vaccination today at the Department of Youth and Women’s Affairs facility in Tafuna, Gov. H. Rex Lee Auditorium and Tafuna Primary Clinic. No vaccinations set...
Washington, D.C. — Thursday, Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata welcomed official notice of a Department of Transportation (DOT) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) grant for the airport at Fitiuta, Ta’u, designated to the runway lighting project.
The grant totaling $338,888 includes $33,888 from...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The chair of the America Samoa Telecommunication Authority (ASTCA) Board, Aleki Sene Jr has been suspended from his role, as chair — until further notice.
A source told Samoa News that the decision to suspend Sene Jr was based on the issue that there is a conflict of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A Samoan man living in Anchorage, Alaska has been indicted on federal charges of possessing heroin and methamphetamine for distribution and illegally possessing firearms as a convicted felon.
Forty-two year old Kirt Sainila Filoiali’i appeared last Friday before US...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In proclaiming May 2021 to be “Older Americans Month” in American Samoa, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga “urged every member of our community to take time this month to honor our older adults and the professionals, family members, volunteers and caregivers who...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Associate Justice Fiti Sunia has ordered the sponsor of a man from Samoa convicted for violating local drug laws to step up and fulfill his responsibility under Immigration local laws by paying the defendant’s $2,000 fine ordered by the Court as a condition of his 5-year...