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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The passenger of a blue Toyota pick-up in which investigators found a bag that allegedly contained 8g of white crystalline substance and drug paraphernalia was let go; however, the following evening, the passenger —Pio Antonio — was arrested by police and charged after...
Washington, DC — Congresswoman Aumua Amata extended congratulations to Lusia Aveolelaeosomaiilematasaua Cole of Odenton, Maryland, who completed both her high school diploma and a college degree in the same year, and will be going on for further studies on scholarship to Norwich University.
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Three females and one male took home top honors yesterday morning when Manumalo Academy hosted its 8th grade graduation ceremony in the school chapel.
Paramount Builders is proud to sponsor this year’s 2018 graduation coverage.
Kirsten DeLara, with a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.98...
Cincinnati, OHIO — More than 500 spellers will have a chance to compete for the title of Champion at the 2018 Scripps National Spelling Bee, to be held in National Harbor, Maryland, May 29-31.
This record number of spellers, 516, comes with the introduction of RSVBee, an invitational program that...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Former McConnell Dowell manager Fonotaga Jasmine Faanu appeared before Acting Associate Justice Elvis P. Patea last Friday for arraignment, where her defense attorney Richard deSaulles of RDA Law Firm entered a not guilty plea to all 44 counts against her.
The government...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Tuesday's activities at the Territorial Administration on Aging (TAOA) compound are part of the agenda for this month, which has been proclaimed by Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga as Senior Citizens Month, under the theme: “Engage at Every Age”.
In his proclamation, the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The 48-year-old Filipino national who was convicted of sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl has been ordered to depart the territory and remain outside of its borders — after he serves 20 months at the TCF — as a condition of a 5-year probation sentence.
Melchor Alamis,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — One of the co-defendants in the Juvenile Detention Center (JDC) case has pled guilty. Aviu Asofa Titio, 20, admits that on June 8, 2016 while detained at the JDC, he threatened one of the government’s key witnesses who was also detained at the JDC — to stop her from...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With the concurrence of the US Justice Department (USDOJ), the US Department of Homeland Security (USDHS) has “no objections” in granting an application for transfer of control and license of the American Samoa Hawaii Cable LLC (ASH Cable) to Amalgamated Telecom Holdings...