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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Director of the American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency (AS-EPA) Ameko Pato passed away unexpectedly over the weekend. News of Pato's death spread like wildfire Sunday evening, after family members and friends posted messages of condolences on Facebook and other...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As a result of Tropical Storm Gita early this year, more than $60 million in federal financial assistance “has been and will be injected” into the local economy, while the government’s insurance claim for loss and damage caused by the storm stands at over $16 million,...
Pago Pago, AMARICAN SAMOA — A 31-year-old man who was accused of burglarizing a warehouse and a store in the Tafuna area and stole property has pled guilty, under a plea agreement. Tua’ifuaina Va’apu’u appeared in High Court last week for a Change of Plea hearing.
He was originally charged with 1st...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency (AS-EPA) will be holding its first meeting today, Monday, August 13, 2018 with their new Regional Administrator Mike Stoker, who is based out of USEPA's Region 9 Office in San Francisco. Stoker arrived Thursday night,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Flanked by enthusiastic supporters, Congresswoman Aumua Amata yesterday delivered to the American Samoa election office petitions signed by nearly 600 voters endorsing her bid for reelection to the U.S. House of Representatives in the general election to be held on...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Some of the more than 50 off-island delegates to the 40th Meeting of the US Coral Reef Task Force (USCRTF) traveled to Manu’a over the weekend for diving to witness the world’s largest coral head in waters off Ta’u island as well as blue coral in waters off Ofu Island....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A Status Hearing in the case against a bus driver who is being accused of having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old girl last year is scheduled for 8:30 this morning in High Court, to determine whether the government’s expert witness can be allowed to testify...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 34-year-old man who was arrested by police last week and held at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) for one night for allegedly assaulting his wife, made his initial appearance in District Court last Wednesday morning where Judge Fiti Sunia ordered that he...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa bill to raise the marriage age for women from 14 to 18 has passed its second reading in the House of Representatives.
The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee said the bill had already been discussed in hearings in the last session.
There was no...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The 28-year-old man who was accused of breaking into a house has admitted to the allegations against him.
Ron Albert Mauga, who has been in custody since he was arrested last year, was originally charged with 1st degree burglary and resisting arrest; however, under a...