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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Colonel Robert Le'iato who calls American Samoa home is the Commandant, U.S. Army Finance & Comptroller School
After graduating from the University of Hawaii, he was commissioned in the United States Army as a Military Intelligence Officer and branch detailed to...
HONOLULU — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proud to announce the selection of American Samoa’s Department of Education for a $2,555,000 Clean School Bus Program rebate, funded by President Biden’s Investing in America agenda.
This rebate will help the Department of Education...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A recent routine inspection at a local farm which grows and sells fruits and vegetables to restaurants, stores and the public discovered pesticide misuse of “Complete Insect Killer” (EPA Reg. No. 92564-12) on cabbages, eggplants and cucumber plants. The Complete Insect...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — StarKist Samoa management is patiently awaiting a decision from the Catholic Church Diocese of Samoa-Pago Pago, on their proposal to build housing for guest worker employees on church land they are currently leasing at Atu’u.
The piece of land for the proposed housing...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On June 1, 2024 at about 6:30am, the Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) received a call from Pele Finau requesting assistance regarding a stolen power washer. It was alleged that the culprit in the break-in was the reporter’s 23-year-old brother, Tevita Finau.
Finau was...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Carmen Cantor, Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior Office of International and Internal Affairs (USDOI OIA), delivered special remarks at the opening ceremony of the Territorial Climate Infrastructure Workshop, this past Tuesday in Honolulu.
It...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — After witnessing the chapel of the Church of Latter Day Saints burn to the ground early Monday morning, residents of Nu'uuli village woke up yesterday morning to the sight of another building razed by fire.
This time it was a building that many have visited since it was...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On June 15, 2024 at around 1:41am, a woman contacted the Fagatogo Police Station (FPS) requesting assistance regarding a fight between two male individuals resulting in an alleged stabbing with a carving knife.
According to the affidavit, the two men involved were...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Independent Prosecutor appointed by the High Court to investigate the administration’s spending of $36 million of surplus funds from FY 2023, without prior approval by the Fono, recently provided an interim update on his investigation to the Senate.
IP Aaron Warren...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On June 20, 2024 at about 12:35am, the Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) received a call from a cashier at K&B Mart in Futiga who was requesting assistance regarding a drunk customer who allegedly assaulted his co-worker.
The defendant was charged with one count of...