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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Alcohol continues to be a contributing factor to many of the new cases involving public peace disturbance that come before the District Court for initial appearances.
And during Tuesday’s court proceedings before District Court Judge Fiti Sunia four new cases involving...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Continued decline in population for some insular areas means a loss of federal monies, which are awarded based on population count, according to the US Department of Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) which made the observation in its proposed fiscal year 2019...
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Pago Pago, American Samoa — A new shipment of poles for the American Samoa Power Authority arrived on island on Tuesday via ocean transportation. ASPA managing director, Paul Young explained that this order of poles was made sometime back before Tropical Storm Gita and that ASPA has pole inventory...
![Pictured are child cancer survivor Eliana Feliciano and Zsofe Renette Del Mundo, who was recently diagnosed with cancer. According to local stats, Pediatric Cancer is on the rise in American Samoa. [Courtesy photos]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/composit_1.jpg?itok=oSbMALMR "Pictured are child cancer survivor Eliana Feliciano and Zsofe Renette Del Mundo, who was recently diagnosed with cancer. According to local stats, Pediatric Cancer is on the rise in American Samoa. [Courtesy photos]")
Pago Pago, American Samoa — Pediatric cancer — cancers found in children between the ages of 0 to 19 years old — is on the rise in American Samoa.
The Cancer Coalition has experienced an increase in the number of stipend applications submitted on behalf of children with cancer. During the last five...
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Pago Pago, American Samoa — Two inmates that escaped from the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) two weeks ago were found by police last weekend, according to Police Commissioner Le’i Sonny Thompson, who also confirmed there is an ongoing investigation into alleged misconduct involving a...
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Pago Pago, American Samoa — American Red Cross San Diego/Imperial counties disaster workers along with volunteers from across the US including two from Hawai’i, deployed to American Samoa to provide assistance following the Feb. 9 devastation left behind by Tropical Storm Gita.
Among the deployed...
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NICOLE MAXEY
A former employee of CSL Cargo Services, who is accused of stealing over $1,000 from her employer last year, has told the court that the accusations against her are true.
The American Samoa government initially charged Nicole Maxey, a 23-year-old female in two separate criminal...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With American Samoa under a State of Emergency due to the devastation left behind by Tropical Storm Gita on Feb. 9 as well as to save on financial resources, Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga will not attend the annual meeting of the federal Interagency Group on Insular Areas (...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Seen here are American Samoa Power Authority (ASPA) meter readers delivering electric meter sockets to customers that had damaged meter sockets and called in for assistance. ASPA managing director Paul Young had told Samoa News that if “your meter socket was damaged by...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Chief Associate Judge, Mamea Sala Jr., (left) administered the oath of office to the new Administrative Law Judge, Marie Alailima, with her husband, Commerce Department director Keniseli Lafaele (middle) holding the Bible. The brief ceremony was held Feb. 12 at the...