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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who was released by the court last week on his own recognizance on the condition that he be law abiding and remain alcohol and drug free, is now facing felony drug charges after he was re-arrested over the weekend for alleged possession of marijuana.
Apisaloma Fa’...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — It’s Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga’s personal opinion that last year’s Senior Citizen Christmas Program was poorly organized and the “entertainment was bad”.
And this is why he is calling for a better one, next month.
Lolo shared his opinion at last Friday’s cabinet meeting...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The 42-year-old taxi driver who was charged for unlawful possession of a glass pipe containing methamphetamine after his vehicle was pulled over by police in May of this year pled guilty in High Court.
Aleki Motuga, who has been in custody since his arrest, unable to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The case against a Sports Complex employee accused of defrauding the Workmen’s Compensation Fund of over $100,000 is going to trial.
Angela Monica Langkilde is facing one count of criminal fraud and she was scheduled for a pretrial conference in High Court yesterday...
Menls Park, CALIFORNIA — According to Facebook, the nearly 4 million Americans living in the United States territories do not live in the “United States.” Instead, Puerto Rico, Guam, the US Virgin Islands, American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands are each treated as being a separate foreign...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — One of the three defendants arrested after armed detectives of the DPS Vice & Narcotics Unit executed two search warrants earlier this year in June in Petesa and Tafuna is going to jail.
Sui Tago Jr, who has been in custody since his arrest, unable to post a $5,000...
Pago Pago, AMERIAN SAMOA — When the American Samoa Power Authority’s two alternative energy projects — with an estimate cost of about $142 million — are complete, utility rates will “drop significantly” to 11-cents per kilowatt hour, said ASPA acting executive director, Wallen Young at last Friday’...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The first Underwater Robotics Workshop will be hosted by the National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa (NMSAS) today and tomorrow (Nov. 27-28) at the Tauese P. F. Sunia Ocean Center in Utulei.
The workshop, called "Joining Hands", is being co-hosted by the NMSAS staff...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — District Court Judge Fiti Sunia has found probable cause to bind Togamamao John Letuligasenoa’s case over on a single charge of unlawful possession of a controlled substance, marijuana, during his preliminary examination (PX) held last Friday.
Letuligasenoa was a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A motion by Nick Mataia defense’s attorney was again denied by the court last week, when Assistant Public Defender Anna Wells asked the court for the second time for no additional bond for her client, because the new charges are based on the same allegations.
Mataia...