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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Public peace disturbances and traffic citations dominated the District Court calendar this past Monday, New Year's Eve. Samoa News points out that the number of these types of cases — during the holiday season — has dropped compared to last year.
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who was "harassing" customers at a store in Pava'ia'i on Christmas Eve has pled 'not guilty' to public peace disturbance.
District Court Judge Fiti Sunia has ordered a pretrial conference for January 30, 2019.
According to the criminal complaint, police were called...
Washington, D.C. – Friday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata was sworn in to serve the people of American Samoa for a third term in Congress as the new 116th Congress officially convened.
“I am proud to represent American Samoa, but humbled by the responsibility,” said Aumua Amata. “This is my third time...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With no challenger, the local House of Representatives Thursday re-elected Rep. Savali Talavou Ale as Speaker of the House for the next two years.
The election was part of the swearing-in ceremony for all faipule, presided over by Chief Justice Michael Kruse. Also...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Chief Justice Michael Kruse says setting someone else's car on fire is not only "outrageous," but "it needs to be deterred."
Laofie Samuelu appeared in High Court yesterday morning for sentencing.
In a plea agreement with the government — which Kruse previously called a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Fofo faipule Rep. Andra Samoa says she is both "relieved" and "happy" with Governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga's decision to remove her from the board of the American Samoa Telecommunications Authority (ASTCA).
(A letter signed by Lolo on Dec. 26, 2018 removes Samoa and Sen....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who allegedly hit his niece with a shovel on New Year's Day has been arrested and charged with second degree assault.
Voi Sautia made his initial appearance in District Court yesterday morning. His bail is set at $5,000
The charges stem from an incident that...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A decrease last week in the price of oil globally has resulted in another decrease in the maximum allowable price (MAP) or wholesale price of all petroleum products sold in American Samoa.
The decrease is reflected in the Jan. 1-14, 2019 American Samoa Fuel Price report...
Suva., FIJI — Cyclone Mona, a category two storm, continued to slowly pace southeast along the Pacific on Friday, gathering strenth as it started to line the Fiji island of Vanua Levu in its sights.
The storm on Friday night had veered southwest briefly, but was due to hook back towards Fiji's main...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Sentencing for Meriko Lomu is scheduled to Feb. 8, 2019. This comes after the High Court accepted her plea agreement yesterday.
Lomu, 24, is charged in two separate cases — both involving illegal drugs.
In the first case, Lomu agreed to plead guilty to possession of...