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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Department of Human Resources is accepting applications for Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) as a result of the Presidential Disaster Declaration for workers in American Samoa who lost their jobs and self-employed individuals who have been unable to work due to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Because the newly installed antennas for the Instrument Landing System (ILS) at Pago Pago didn’t pass the flight check, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is dispatching next week a new technician crew to review the system.
FAA spokesman Ian Gregor told Samoa...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed final House passage of a banking provision that she introduced last year to reduce the time waiting for checks to clear in American Samoa. The bill has already passed the Senate and now goes to President Trump to be signed into law.
“Making...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The 24-year-old man who was given a second chance by the court to redeem himself by attending drug and alcohol counseling to help with his problem is back in jail.
Methodist Kuka Mika appeared in High Court last week for a preliminary examination (PX) for violating...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Tafuna High School PTA president Rev. Fred Mamea, along with two Tafuna HS teachers: Va’a Leupolu and Faamafi Talamoa, and the accreditation team from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges following a welcoming ceremony at the school campus Monday afternoon....
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Students at Matatula Elementary School attended the school’s 2nd Annual Reading and Hands on Literacy Week from May 21- 25 under the theme: “Hidden Treasures of a Book”.
Organized by principal Asofa’afetai Pulu, with vice principal Melody Kitiona and teacher Amarantos Fa...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — To ensure that the Hawaiki undersea fiber optic cable project moves forward as planned, without any delays, Lt. Gov. Lemanu Palepoi Sialega Mauga has asked all cabinet members to lend any assistance needed to the American Samoa TeleCommunications Authority (ASTCA), which...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The driver of a blue Toyota pick-up that was stopped by police last week told investigators the bag they found, allegedly containing 8g of a white crystalline substance and drug paraphernalia, does not belong to him.
Suilefaiga Toala made his initial appearance before...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The 38-year-old Chinese national who was arrested in 2016 on drugs and weapons charges has been ordered by the High Court to serve 40 months at the TCF and thereafter, he must leave American Samoa and remain outside its borders for a period of 5 years.
Also, despite the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The woman accused of stealing a special fine mat (afuelo) — used to cover coffins —from another woman and then selling it to a Tongan man for $300 to buy food for her children, has pled guilty.
The government charged Sauleli’a, also known as Li’a Amituana’i in two...