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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “Not A U.S. Citizen” is a timely, short film documentary about American Samoa and its unique legal status that will premiere on PBS Digital Studios on January 28, 2025.
The film explores the debate surrounding the unique legal status of people born in American Samoa,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On October 29, 2024, a minor contacted the Tafuna Police Station (TPS) to report that her uncle allegedly assaulted her aunt and then chased them out of the house.
The suspect resisted arrest but was later apprehended, arrested and charged with:
Count 1: Private Peace...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On November 2, 2024, a concerned neighbor called the Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) to report an alleged disturbance next to her house.
The suspect was later arrested and charged with:
Count 1: Private Peace Disturbance (DV), a class C misdemeanor punishable by...
Saipan, CNMI — Delegates from the US-aligned Pacific have spoken about working with the new US president for their territories.
They have each congratulated President Donald Trump and vice President JD Vance following their inauguration yesterday.
Donald Trump has been sworn in as the president of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Department of Education (ASDOE) is announcing that Ms. Amelie Chen, a senior at Pacific Horizon School, has made history as the first student from American Samoa to secure first place recently at the prestigious Hawaii-Pacific Junior Science and...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata has announced the nominations of 12 excellent students from American Samoa for consideration by the prestigious military service academies this year, following the applications of 18 students to Congresswoman Aumua Amata. Several students applied to...
WASHINGTON — The Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) this month announced $2,681,134 in fiscal year 2024 funding from President Biden’s Investing in America agenda that will provide the U.S. territories of American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), Guam, and the U.S....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On October 28, 2024, a woman walked into the Tafuna Police Substation to report an alleged assault by her boyfriend (suspect).
The suspect was later apprehended and charged with Count 1: Assault in the Third Degree (DV), a class A misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On November 7, 2024, a male individual contacted the Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) to report an alleged disturbance caused by his brother because he was jealous over a girl.
The suspect was later apprehended after fleeing the scene twice and was later charged with Count...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is an original cosponsor of a bipartisan bill sponsored by U.S. Representative Ed Case (HI-01) to end what he called “the discriminatory and exclusionary shipping practices faced by residents and businesses in Hawai‘i, Alaska, Puerto Rico, Guam, the...