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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The second of the four defendants arrested after police executed two search warrants last January at two homes in Tafuna and Tafeta has entered into a plea agreement with the government.
Tolai Alesana, who has been in custody since his arrest, unable to post a $5,000...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 46-year-old man convicted of unlawful possession of illegal drugs and a firearm was sentenced to serve 20 months at the Territorial Correctional Facility last week as a condition of his 5 year-probation.
Valaau Fa’aaliga, who has been in custody since his arrest unable...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With a pending lawsuit in New Zealand and litigation first filed in American Samoa, the owners of the US purse seiner, American Eagle, are seeking dismissal of a multi-million lawsuit against the company at the federal court in Tampa, Florida, according to federal court...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 29-year-old man who entered American Samoa on a 30-day permit 3 years ago appeared in District Court earlier this month for his initial appearance.
According to the court affidavit, Matulino Fonofaavae came to American Samoa on Oct. 30, 2017 and continued to stay in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With a Fourth Amended Declaration, Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has extended for another 30-days the coronavirus state of emergency through June 1, with American Samoa remaining under Code Blue threat level.
“The Governor elected to maintain our current posture with regard...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The driver of a black truck in which investigators allegedly found two medium baggies containing white crystalline substance and drug paraphernalia has been arrested and charged with unlawful possession of drugs.
Filemoni Isaia made his initial appearance in District...
Washington, D.C. — This week, Congresswoman Aumua Amata is welcoming President Trump’s signing into law a bill she cosponsored helping student Veterans whose educations have been interrupted by the pandemic. The bipartisan Student Veteran Coronavirus Response Act of 2020, H.R. 6322, introduced in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The ongoing investigation conducted by a special DPS Task Force into a string of burglary cases in Leone and other villages involving the theft of Triplex copper electricity wires owned by the American Samoa Power Authority (ASPA) resulted in the arrest of four...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Speaking at the start of the ASG COVID-19 task force meeting Sunday, Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga commended the hard work by the task force and its working group as well as other agencies for providing data and information that resulted in US President Donald Trump...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Two senior firefighters from the Fire Bureau Division of the Department of Public Safety (DPS) were killed and two other firefighters were seriously injured when a fire truck crashed at a sharp curb on the road from Afono heading down the mountain-road to Aua yesterday...