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Cool Stuff’s” DJI Phantom 4 Pro equipped with powerful Lume Cube lamps was an early search and rescue drone configuration. More options have emerged in drones, lighting, and remote rescue supply release mechanisms. As proven in our recent tragedy, the need in the Territory of American Samoa and all Pacific Islands is great. [photo: Barry Markowitz]
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Territory mourns. The Samoan Universe outside the islands mourns. The loss of young Alex Peric and Anthony Leota is a punch in the gut as the worldwide Samoan community are closely connected as blood relatives or as fa’a aiga.
The ASG, elected officials and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has re-appointed three members to the American Samoa Government Employees’ Retirement Fund (ASGERF) Board of Trustees, and appointed five new members to the American Samoa Visitors Bureau (ASVB).
RETIREMENT FUND
In his nomination letter to Fono...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 21-year-old man who was convicted of stealing was released from custody this week, after the High Court determined that the 10 months he has served at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF), to await sentencing, is enough.
Rimoni Anapapa, under a plea agreement...
Aunu'u, AMERICAN SAMOA — Pictured is the devastation this past weekend, when high surfs caused huge waves to make their way on to Aunu’u Island, flooding homes and raising panic.
Residents of Aunu’u are calling on government leaders to find a way to build a much needed seawall for the island, which...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 53-year-old man who pled guilty to felony drug possession has been sentenced to probation, with jail time.
Associate Justice Fiti Sunia sentenced Tau Ala to serve 20 months at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF), as a condition of a 5-year probation term.
Ala,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Tattoo artists from Samoa and the United States have had their tattoo kits confiscated by quarantine officers in American Samoa as part of a crackdown.
The Head of Environmental Health, John Fuimaono, said tattoo businesses would now have to undergo inspections to ensure...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Associate Justice Fiti Sunia has accepted a plea agreement between the government and Viliamu Sione, who is accused of stabbing a man during a drinking session on Oct. 21, 2018
Sione, who has been in custody since his arrest, unable to post a $10,000 cash bond, appeared...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A Samoa News archive photo of the Gov. H. Rex Lee Auditorium, for which upgrades and rehabilitation started earlier this month on August 5th, as part of an extensive — and much needed — makeover.
A total of three contractors — one has 2 of the contracts — have been...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The search for two cousins missing off Utumea beach has been called off.
It had been extended to midnight beyond the 72 hour search period which finished at 2pm Wednesday.
Senator Fai'ivae Iuli Alex Godinet said a big problem with the search had been the length of time...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has proposed legislation which will earmark and allocate revenues from bandwidth sale of the American Samoa branch of the Hawaiki Submarine cable, which is overseen by the American Samoa TeleCommunications Authority (ASTCA).
The Administration’s...