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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’...
PALMER FOR PRESIDENT CAMPAIGN
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Major newspapers around the world — everywhere from The Guardian in Great Britain to Al Jazeera in the Middle East to the New York Times — jumped on the election night story on Tuesday that President Joe Biden was sweeping every Democratic contest on Super Tuesday —...
Taotasi Archie Soliai
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The director of Marine & Wildlife Resources has written to the director of the Department of Commerce about his environmental concerns with “some major excavation, digging and clearing work being done in the Malaeimi/ Nuuuli area.” His letter highlights an issue that...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In February, a young man was reported for allegedly causing a peace disturbance and threatening to kill his stepfather. Sone Wilson, the 21-year-old suspect, was apprehended and charged with the following: Count 1: Private Peace Disturbance — a class C misdemeanor...
Samoa Bowl 2023 welcoming ceremony
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — After reviving the Samoa Bowl last year after it had been dormant since 2016, the Lemanu- Talaluega Administration has put Samoa Bowl 2024 on the calendar from December 23rd to 30th, 2024. This event, initiated under the Togiola administration in 2003, “continues to...
Satele Aliitai Lili’o
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Senators were deeply skeptical about government’s lease of 400 acres of prime land for the purpose of starting a cattle farm in neighboring Samoa, to be funded by federal grant money. Director of Agriculture Solia Mutini told a hearing of the Senate Agriculture Committee...

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