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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 22-year-old man is in custody, charged with raping a 15-year-old girl who lives near his house.
Anetele’a Siaki, who entered American Samoa on a 30-day permit last October, was arrested last week pursuant to an arrest warrant from the court, which contained the charges...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Tualauta faipule-elect, Larry S. Sanitoa has requested the assistance of Papali’i Lauli’i Alofa, owner of Paramount Builders Inc., for help in fixing two side-roads within Ottoville.
In a Nov. 30th letter, Sanitoa explained that he was writing on behalf of Hope House (HH...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Cabinet members have been informed by Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga to prepare their presentations, which should include among other things detailed proposed accomplishments for the remaining two years of the Lolo Administration.
The governor’s message was outlined in a Dec...
Washington, D.C. – Friday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata released a Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day statement in honor of all who served:
“This day in 1941 changed the course of our nation’s history. The naval base at Pearl Harbor and the airfields on Oahu were suddenly attacked by Japanese forces,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 40-year-old man was arrested this past Wednesday after allegedly beating his two children with a broomstick, over a broken hair clipper.
The government claims that it was around 3:50p.m on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018 that the defendant’s wife walked into the Tafuna...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — ASG's multi-million-dollar MV Manu’atele is not operating at this time, as it needs a US Coast Guard certified engineer, as the chief engineer, according to Port Administration director, Taimalelagi Dr. Claire Poumele, responding to Samoa News questions.
The Department...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Repairs are underway for the main slipway at the ASG-owned Ronald Reagan Shipyard in Satala, and upon completion of the work — expected to take about four months — the 3,000-ton slipway will be able to service purse seiner fishing vessels.
The repairs to the shipyard’s “...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Representatives from the Department of Education Scholarship Office visited the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) last week to speak to students, faculty and administrators about the revival of the American Samoa Government (ASG) student loan program, and that...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Last Friday, Nov 30, 2018, a joint application for transfer of De Facto (control of cable landing license) was filed with the Federal Communications Commission in Washington DC.
The transaction involves Hawaiki Submarine Cable USA LLC (licensee); HCL Limited Partnership...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Jeanette, the purse seiner that went up in flames this past Wednesday, Dec. 5th, while it was docked at the main wharf in Fagatogo, is now underwater — and officials from the United States Coast Guard (USCG) are currently investigating how it happened.
Head of the...