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American Samoa District Court building
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man convicted of assaulting his wife, who was sentenced by the High Court to 5 years probation, is now in custody after being arrested by police last week and accused of child abuse of his 3-year-old nephew. The man, Tino Tapuaiaalupe made his initial appearance in...
American Samoa High Court building
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 23-year-old man from Kokoland accused of burglarizing a store in Tafuna and taking off with several items has admitted to the allegations against him. Tala’ave Aviata, who has been in custody since his arrest, unable to post a $10,000 surety bond appeared in High Court...
Sign in at vaccine site this past Friday
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A “Vaccine Station” sign indicates one of the areas were the COVID-19 vaccination doses were given out last Friday at the Gov. H. Rex Lee Auditorium vaccination site. Everyone inside the auditorium was required to wear a face mask. Residents are told — among other things...
Back wall around TCF
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Drugs entering the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) and prisoners having access to drugs has been an ongoing problem in the territory for many years now. Despite building a wall around the facility, inmates are testing positive for methamphetamine and marijuana,...
American Samoa High Court building
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 31-year-old man from Mesepa accused of having sex with a 16-year-old girl multiple times has entered into a plea agreement with the government. Tele’a Filipo appeared in High Court last week for a Change of Plea hearing. Filipo, who remains in custody, unable to post a...
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Menlo Park, CALIFORNIA — On Wednesday Facebook launched a public education campaign to help people in Samoa learn how to identify and combat health misinformation.  The campaign, which will run for the next five weeks in Samoa includes graphics and videos that will run in English and Samoan, and...
American Samoa District Court building
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man accused of assaulting another man by striking his head with a metal object twice was arrested and is being charged. Aokuso Luafa made his initial appearance in Court last week. He is charged with one count of 2nd degree assault, a class D felony, punishable by...
TCF Territorial Correctional Facility sign
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An overstayer, who made his initial appearance in District Court last week, has been remanded to custody on a 'no bail' status. According to Immigration, the defendant's Immigration ID expired on March 19, 2018. The defense attorney informed the court that the defendant'...
Federal Courthouse Washington, D.C.
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The federal judge presiding over local resident Steven Jay Pincus Hueter’s lawsuit against current and former American Samoa Government officials at the federal court in Washington D.C. has denied as moot, parts of plaintiff’s Second Motion for a Preliminary Injunction...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Governor Lemanu P.S. Mauga announced this past week that American Samoa, through the Department of Human and Social Services (DHSS), received grant awards from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in the amount of $49,606,689 through the Child Care and...

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