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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — At last Friday’s cabinet meeting, Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga spoke about the US citizenship issue, saying it is a “very, very simple” matter and the “position that our people took is very simple.”
“We believe that we are okay the way we are now,” he said, adding that,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “Preliminary numbers” for fiscal year 2018, which ended Sept. 30, 2018, shows a surplus of just over $3 million for the American Samoa Government, according to a Treasury Department presentation at last week's cabinet meeting, where it was also noted that while the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Police arrested a 35-year-old taxi driver from Tafuna on Sunday night, for the alleged sexual abuse of a 13-year-old girl.
The taxi driver is known to the victim’s family.
Vavatau Voleti made his initial appearance in District Court on Monday before District Court Judge...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Moody's Investors Service has assigned a “Ba3 rating” to the American Samoa Government’s planned 2018 bond series, according to a company rating news release yesterday, which also noted that adding this proposed new bond to the previous bond series gives a “negative...
by Fili Sagapolutele
Samoa News Correspondent
While acknowledging that “our biggest problem right now” is the American Samoa TeleCommunications Authority (ASTCA), Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has assured his cabinet members that ASTCA’s financial integrity will be restored in the next two years.
The...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Acting Associate Justice Elvis P. Patea has issued an Order to Show Cause (OSC) for Attorney General, Talauega Eleasalo Ale, along with Chief Immigration Officer, Peseta Dennis Fuimaono to appear in court for failure to comply with a court order.
The OSC was issued when...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 40-year-old man from Nu’uuli who was convicted of driving with a permanently suspended license is going to jail.
Paea Fifita, who has been in custody since his arrest on Aug. 9, 2018, unable to post a $5,000 bond, appeared in High Court this week where he was sentenced...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — At last Friday’s cabinet meeting, LBJ Medical Center Faumuina John Faumuina reported that wards at the hospital are full: Pediatric, Medical, and Surgical. And there are also many mothers in the Maternity ward.
Faumuina explained that an issue currently faced by the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Fifty students representing all local public and private schools, including Manu'a and even the American Samoa Community College (ASCC), gathered at the Tauese P.F. Sunia Ocean Center in Utulei yesterday morning for the opening session of a two-day Underwater Remotely...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Several members of the community, including some victims, have raised deep concerns regarding the fact that some inmates at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) are able to access social media sites such as Facebook.
While any and all electronic devices are not...