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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The High Court has scheduled for next month, the sentencing of a 28-year-old man from Malaeimi, who pled guilty to stealing, under a plea agreement with the government.
The remaining charges were dismissed.
The charges against Kitiona Mika stem from an incident back in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Through federal attorneys, US Secretary of Labor, R. Alexander Acosta, has asked the federal appeals court in Washington D.C. to deny the review of a petition filed by American Samoa based, Manu’a’s Inc., dba Manu’a’s Discount Store, and affirm a final order issued last...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who failed to comply with conditions of his 5-year probation has been given another chance.
Nick Motu — who was on probation — was arrested Friday, Apr. 19th after he tested positive for marijuana.
Motu appeared in court on Monday, Apr. 22 for his preliminary...
Washington, D.C. — Lambda Legal and the Movement Advancement Project on Tuesday released a new report that documents the status of LGBT rights in five U.S. territories.
The report ranks Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands on a variety of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who used a Samoan “mele’i” — a piece of wood used to husk coconuts — to assault his neighbor was convicted of second-degree assault and subsequently has been sentenced to 20 months behind bars, as a condition of a 5-year probation term.
Sosaia Ivale, 48, was...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Among the challenges faced by a victim, in “leaving an abusive relationship”, is where she should reside and who is going to support her, since the husband is often the family’s breadwinner, says Mona Uli of the American Samoa Alliance Against Domestic and Sexual...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Traffic came to a stand still yesterday morning following Samoana High School's graduation ceremony. But it wasn't only from cars trying to fight their way onto the main road.
Police presence was heavy on the main road in front of the Samoana HS gymnasium after a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In two months, a local girl will be on the campus of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as part of the six-month MIT Online Science, Technology, and Engineering Community (MOSTEC) program, which serves "rising high school seniors from across the country - many...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who was convicted in 2010 for unlawful drug possession has been ordered by the High Court to depart American Samoa and return to his home country for the duration of his 15-year probation term.
Paea Fokieti appeared in court last week for a probation violation...
Pago Pago, AAMERICAN SAMOA — A young man who was accused along with one juvenile of breaking into an Asian store in Nuuuli and stealing cases of beer and cartons of cigarettes will be sentenced next month, following his guilty plea to felony stealing.
Matthew Isitolo was initially charged with...