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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Kite Runner saga continued yesterday morning with more contradictions by captain of the vessel, Faiai Loleni Faiai, further frustrating members of the Senate Select Investigative Committee (SSIC).
At the beginning of the hearing after Faiai had been sworn in, SSIC...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Thousands gathered at the 194th Annual General Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 6, 2024, where at the Saturday morning session, Gabriel Reid was called as Second Counselor in the General Sunday School...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On March 19, 2024, a man contacted the Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) regarding a disturbance in the village of Iliili.
Luka Tapuaialupe was apprehended and later charged with the following:
Count 1: Assault in the Third Degree — a class C misdemeanor punishable by...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Aptly themed "Making Waves - Empowering the Next Generation of Ocean & Coastal Conservation Champions," the Boys and Girls Club Ocean & Coast Youth Ambassadors Summit united 150 youth and adults from diverse backgrounds across the territory in order to arm our...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On March 22, 2024, a woman contacted the Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) regarding her uncle causing a disturbance in their home in Vaitogi.
Saleauau Toaitiiti was apprehended and later charged with the following:
Count 1: Private Peace Disturbance (DV) — a class B...
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND — Marine protected areas (MPAs) are economically beneficial to both fishing and tourism, according to a new study published in an international journal on marine sciences, Scientia Marina.
The new findings come as Palau plans to shrink its marine sanctuary in a bid to improve...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Researchers from the USGS and the National Park Service have published the first documentation of exceptionally large low-frequency waves sweeping across the southern fringing reef of Ofu, American Samoa. This discovery, outlined in a new study, sheds light on how these...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On March 19, 2024, a woman contacted the Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) and reported that her boyfriend allegedly assaulted her at their residence in Nu’uuli.
The defendant was apprehended and charged with the following:
Count 1: Assault in the Third Degree (DV) — a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On March 2, 2024, a domestic dispute between a wife and her husband happened after the wife allegedly discovered drugs at their house in Fagatogo. Police investigating the dispute were given the drugs that were discovered when they went to the house.
Then husband, who is...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Rabies is a rapidly progressing virus that causes death and is almost always spread by an animal bite — but can also be spread when a rabid animal’s saliva gets directly into the eyes, nose, mouth, or broken skin. The primary sources of human infection worldwide are...