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ASCO STAFF
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samoa News saw Asco Motors management & staff walking along the Tafuna-Airport road, picking up trash as they walked and greeting people as they passed in vehicles — looking like they were having a great time — on Friday morning, March 8, 2024. Samoa News stopped a...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Former President Donald Trump swept American Samoa's Republican caucus, securing 100 percent of the vote and nine delegates, according to NBC News and CNN. This past Friday's election marked the first nominating contest for Republicans since Nikki Haley withdrew from the...
BFI CHART
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Basic Food Index (BFI) for the month of February 2024 saw a monthly decrease of 1.3% since January 2024, with the price of an American Samoa staple —Ramen settling back to the December price. A total of 14 major to mid-sized retail stores have been selected for...
TAFUNA CORRECTIONAL FACILITY
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On February 13, 2024, Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) received a call from a young woman to report her brother who had allegedly assaulted her younger sister and was disturbing the peace in their family home in the village of Nu’uuli. The defendant, Albert Fanene was...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On February 13, 2024, the Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) received a call from a concerned neighbor alleged that his neighbor was causing a disturbance by yelling profanities. The suspect was arrested and charged with Count 1: Private Peace Disturbance, a class B...
Attorney General Faunu’ulelei Falefatu Alailima-Utu
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Attorney General Faunu’ulelei Falefatu Alailima-Utu reassured members of the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday that he had followed to the letter, everything required of him in the Senate Resolution which he received early last month. The resolution which was...
Senator Magalei Logovi’i
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A bill which aims to amend the existing tobacco restriction law by adding more restrictive provisions to hopefully deter our youth and young adults from smoking, was passed in third reading in the Senate yesterday. Introduced by Senator Magalei Logovi’i, the bill...
American Samoa District Court
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On February 12, 2024, a public high school teacher contacted the Fagatogo Central Police Station (CPS) to report an unknown man allegedly assaulting a woman across from the Samoana High School gymnasium. The man was arrested and charged with the following: Count 1:...
Anneliese Haleck
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA —Three teachers from American Samoa  — Neon Osa from Tafuna High School and Lottie Haleck and Anneliese Haleck from Samoana High School — have been selected by Ocean Exploration Trust (OET) as 2024 Science Communication Fellows (SCF). These educators will sail aboard OET’s...
Amata and Speaker Johnson
Washington, D.C. — The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024, that funds several major departments of the U.S. government for the year, including the Interior Department, passed in the U.S. House this week in a bipartisan vote of 339-85. This year’s DOI appropriations bill preserves American Samoa’...

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