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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A bench trial is set for Thursday, Jan. 31 at 1 p.m in the District Court for a former police officer charged with misdemeanor third degree assault.
Emanuele Lito appeared in court last Wednesday for a pretrial conference.
The charge against him stems for an incident...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga is working on an ASG program to provide aid to local federal employees affected by the partial federal government shutdown, which lasted for more than 30 days and has ended — for now — under a deal reached last Friday between US President Donald...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing last week, deputy chief immigration officer, Fagamalama Fualaau informed senators that despite the staff shortage at the Immigration Office, with only one vehicle to carry out its work, immigration officers continue to do their...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — District Court Judge Fiti Sunia found probable cause to bind over to High Court last Friday, all four felony charges against Spencer Toeava.
(Spencer and his brother Vincent, along with three former prison guards were arrested and charged earlier this month for their...
Apia, SAMOA — The Supreme Court in Samoa has released on bail a 55-year-old man facing a murder charge.
TV1 Samoa reported Taofinu'u Vitale of Falealupo faces the charge after the death of a 50-year-old male from the same village on Savai'i.
His lawyer, Leota Tima Leavai, asked the court to bail...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Of the $50.32 million that the government received through the sale of the 2018 bond series issued by the American Samoa Economic Development Authority (ASEDA), construction of the proposed new two-story Fono building is allocated over $15 million, according to an ASEDA...
Delegates from the Republican Party of American Samoa attended the RNC's Winter Meeting last week in Albuquerque, New Mexico. (L-R) Frank Barron, National Committeewoman Aumua Amata, and American Samoa Chairman Taualapapa Will Sword. Sword spoke on behalf of the territory about the looming threat...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — This is an information bulletin from the American Samoa Department of Homeland Security – TEMCO issued at 7:30 p.m. Friday, January 25, 2019.
The American Samoa Department of Homeland Security in collaboration with the Department of Public Safety urgently asks the public...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The court has set bond at $500 for a man being charged with public peace disturbance and resisting arrest.
Sangster Loia made his initial appearance in District Court on Thursday.
The charges against him stem from an incident that occurred in Tafuna this past Wednesday....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Team members from the Dept. of Health have been vaccinating school children from private and public elementary schools, in an effort to combat meningococcus.
Parents are urged to sign consent forms being sent home with their children.
Some schools are making it a...