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Newly resurfaced road in Vaitogi
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Lemanu-Talauega Administration is taking four key actions to improve village and school access roads to allow medical personnel or staff to respond in a timely manner, to prevent the spread of the pandemic, and to ensure the safety within the school community and...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A Facebook status post by a woman and her two daughters has landed all of them in jail after they were arrested for disturbing the public peace in their neighborhood. (A Facebook status is an update feature, which allows users to discuss their thoughts, whereabouts, or...
Amata with other CODEL members
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata was in Poland last week as part of a Congressional Delegation that focused on the refugee situation from neighboring Ukraine. The CODEL met with U.S. Ambassador to Poland Mark Brzezinski; held a site visit at the National Stadium Refugee Center;...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Two brothers from Vaitogi were arrested last month on the allegation that they assaulted the man who had allegedly assaulted their father; and, after a police investigation, their victim,Tony Vaifanua, was also arrested and charged for the assault of the two brothers’...
Acting chief of staff Jason Mitchell
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — To ensure that American Samoa obtains millions of dollars in new broadband infrastructure federal funding from the U.S National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), ASG has setup the Broadband Core Working Group (BCWG), with their first meeting held...
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs has approved its annual agreement with the Ninth Judicial Circuit to provide legal training and oversight responsibilities for the judiciaries in American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The House of Representatives approved a concurrent resolution commending US Coast Guard Officials for their services to the territory. The concurrent resolution was presented last week, endorsed by the Speaker of the House. Savali Talavou Ale and President of the Senate...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A local boxer accused of assaulting two young boys with a tree branch is now in custody after he was arrested by police last month. Paofe Seeti appeared in Court last month for his initial appearance. He is charged with two counts of 2nd-degree assault and two counts of...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Iosefatu Tupulua was arrested last month after he was found driving while his driver’s license is permanently suspended. Tupulua, who made his initial appearance in Court last month is charged with felony driving. Felony driving while a license is suspended is a class D...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs Honolulu Regional Office will host a Virtual Benefits Workshop for veterans, family members, surviving spouses and community providers on Thursday June 30 from 3-5 p.m. (American Samoa time). Workshop topics include: Compensation,...

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