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The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council says it is disappointed that the federal court in Honolulu has denied the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s motion to reconsider and to amend the court’s judgment in the Large Vessel Prohibited Area (LVPA) case.
Meanwhile a...
American Samoa's local fire crew is playing a crucial role in fighting fires in the US, working alongside their peers from the mainland, since they departed the territory earlier this month.
Recently, the local fire crew was involved in efforts to contain the Modoc July Complex Wildfire, which...
Folasa Galea'i, who is facing one count of vehicular homicide for the death of a man in his late 60s earlier this year in June, allegedly told police that he fell asleep at the wheel.
Galea’i’s case was bound over to the High Court, after District Court Judge Fiti A. Sunia found probable cause to...
In an Executive Order issued and signed by Police Commissioner, Le’i Sonny Thompson, 8 officers are identified as those who will engage in Vice & Narcotics operations on island.
They are: Lt. Tolia Sola'ita (Assistant to the CO), Det. Ioane Paselio, Det. John Seumanutafa, PSO Justin Thomsen,...
CAMERON IEREMIA
After failing to comply with all conditions of probation, the High Court more than a week ago sentenced Cameron Ieremia to serve out the remainder of his jail term.
Ieremia was ordered to serve 28 months in jail, which was one of the conditions of a 7-year probation sentence,...
The annual Executive Summit of the two Samoas headed by Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga and Samoa Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi is set for October this year, and the governor has requested certain cabinet members to look at ways American Samoa can utilize the ASG land - designated by Samoa...
FILIPINO COMMUNITY CONSULATE OUTREACH PROGRAM
The recently elected leaders of the local Filipino community are already making things happen for their countrymen who now call American Samoa home.
As part of their quest in improving services, the leaders have reached out to the Filipino Consulate...
Four US Army officials were scheduled to arrive in the territory last night, as part of a delegation traveling to the territory for a memorial service honoring SFC Albert Chung who died during a snorkeling accident a week ago Sunday in Alega.
Samoa News confirmed yesterday that four other US Army...
Cabinet directors as well as all sectors of government have been called upon by ASG Revenue Task Force chairman Attorney General, Talauega Eleasalo Ale, to support the Administration’s five revenues measures submitted to the Fono, as well as and also lobby their lawmakers for their endorsement....
The case of an Asian woman who has been accused of allegedly bringing illegal substances, to wit; Phencyclidine (PCP) into the territory when she entered American Samoa last month has been bound over to the High Court, after District Court Judge Fiti Sunia found probable cause to support the...