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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — This week Governor Pulaali’i Nikolao Pula met with LTC Hope Hashimoto and SSG Joshua T. Fale to discuss an exciting partnership between the American Samoa Department of Health and the 1984th U.S. Army Hospital-Pacific.
Through the Innovative Readiness Training (IRT)...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A collection drive for scrap metal and bulky waste will begin this Friday, according to the Deputy Director of the American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency (ASEPA), who announced the drive during a recent Department of Health (DOH) press conference.
Discarded scrap...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On June 30, 2025, police officers responded to an alleged public peace disturbance (PPD) at the LBJ Medical Center regarding two employees who got into an altercation.
The suspect was later arrested and charged with: Count 1: Public Peace Disturbance, a class B...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On June 30, 2025, a concerned grandmother contacted the Fagatogo Police Station and reported her son for allegedly assaulting her grandson by choking him.
The suspect fled the scene but was later captured and charged with:
Count 1: Private Peace Disturbance (DV), a class...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On June 28, 2025, the head security guard of a local nightclub called the Tafuna Police Substation regarding two men, who were causing a disturbance at the nightclub.
The two men were later arrested and charged with:
Count 1: Public Peace Disturbance, a class B...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — His Excellency Apostolic Nuncio Gabor Zoltan Pinter, the Vatican's diplomatic representative, serving as the Pope's main envoy in the Pacific, similar to an ambassador was welcomed to the Territory last Friday, August 08, 2025.
Upon his arrival at the airport, he was...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The 2025 Executive Leadership Development Program (ELDP), is a distinguished network of young leaders from across the U.S. affiliated Pacific Islands that reflects a shared understanding that the future of the Pacific depends on strong, cooperative partnerships.
And two...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On July 1, 2025, a concerned citizen contacted the Tafuna Police Substation to report an alleged domestic dispute when he saw a couple fighting inside a vehicle.
The suspect was later arrested and charged with:
Count 1: Public Peace Disturbance (DV), a class B...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On June 29, 2025, a woman called the Tafuna Police Substation with evidence that her brother had allegedly broken into her house.
The defendant was later arrested and charged with:
Count 1: Burglary in the Second Degree (DV), a class C felony punishable by a term of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — High Talking Chief, Le’i Sonny Thompson, passed away last Tuesday, in American Samoa, after a prolonged illness. He was 73 years old.
Lei retired from the US Air Force as a major after 20 years of service, returning to the territory with his family when he was recruited...