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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man accused of assaulting his wife by allegedly holding a machete to her throat to stop her from screaming, and then assaulting her the next day after she refused to have sex with him, made his initial appearance in District Court yesterday morning where Judge Pro Temp...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — ANZ Guam Inc., the parent company of ANZ Amerika Samoa Bank in Pago Pago, has asked a federal judge to, among other things, dismiss a complaint filed by three American Samoa residents, who allege the bank violated federal laws.
ANZ is also asking the federal court in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Another round of tax refund checks — Batch #7 — is being released tomorrow, Friday, June 15th for those who filed between Feb. 5 and 14, according to ASG Acting Treasurer, Tina Va’a in a brief statement Tuesday.
Tomorrow’s run totals over $2.12 million — with $790,623...
Tafuna, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Telecommunications Authority hosted a group of about 60 senior students from Leone High School who toured the agency's headquarters in Tafuna.
The field trip was part of the 2018 graduating class' final activities before they walk the aisle as proud...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — What was supposed to be a fun outing at the Pala Lagoon Swim Center turned out to be a nightmare for the family and friends of an 8th grader from Pava'ia'i Elementary School after a drowning accident resulted in her untimely death.
Samoa News was at the LBJ Hospital...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Lewis Lokeni, 31, has been arrested and charged with unlawful possession of illegal drugs after his 1-year-old son was admitted to the LBJ Hospital for methamphetamine intoxication.
Lokeni, who is not new to the court system, made his initial appearance in District Court...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The man who failed to keep his promise that he would never use drugs anymore was back in High Court yesterday morning, after he was arrested this past Monday on a bench warrant issued by the court last month after he failed to appear twice.
Fa’aili Mata'u, a.k.a ‘Whistle...
SACRAMENTO, CA —Director Tanya N. Garfield of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Disaster Field Operations Center-West announced this week that SBA will close its Tafuna Disaster Loan Outreach Center at 4 p.m. on Friday, June 22.
“SBA opened the center to provide personalized assistance to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Government and Congresswoman Aumua Amata have asked a federal court in Salt Lake City, Utah to allow them to intervene in a citizenship lawsuit filed there by three people who were born in American Samoa.
The plaintiffs — John Fitisemanu, Pale Tuli and...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Aumua Amata gave a commencement speech highlighting the importance of technology education to the skills and jobs of the future.
Speaking on the striking growth of cyber and other technology in our expanding economy, she congratulated graduates at the Virginia...