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Moli Iloilo Jr,
St. George, UTAH — Moli Iloilo Jr, 62, passed away on Sunday May 15, 2022. Moli was born June 24, 1959, in Utulei American Samoa to Molipopo and Mai'omalo Iloilo. He married his Highschool sweetheart Holly Meisel on Jan 19, 1979, in West Covina California. They had 5 children and were later sealed...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — One of the co-defendants in a Vaitogi drug case has entered a guilty plea to the charges against him. Tolupene Wilson, 42, who was a delivery driver when police arrested him in the early morning of July 19, 2021 was initially charged with one count of unlawful possession...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) has provided $26,670,000 in fiscal year 2022 funding to the American Samoa government to support the operations of public schools, the Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital, the community college, and the...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights announced this week the first set of meetings for its newly appointed American Samoa Advisory Committee. As previously reported by Samoa News, the Commission announced in March this year the appointment of members to the newly...
American Samoa District Court building
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Last month, a 41-year-old man made his initial appearance in District Court on two misdemeanor counts of third-degree assault and private peace disturbance after he allegedly assaulted his wife. The defendant is a Samoa national who works as a bus driver to support his...
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Madison, WISCONSIN — “How risky is being indoors with our 10-year-old granddaughter without masks? We have plans to have birthday tea together. Are we safe?” That question, from a woman named Debby in California, is just one of hundreds I’ve received from concerned people who are worried about...
Daniella Fagota. working at Finafianu Plant Nursery
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On April 5, Samoana high school student Daniella Fagota was selected to receive a 2022 $500 King-Size Hershey Heartwarming Young Hero Grant to promote youth engagement in a Global Youth Service Day project. The Global Youth Service is the world's largest youth...
Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a “new approach to solving substance abuse problems” in the territory, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga, has established the American Samoa Comprehensive Substance Abuse Council, to coordinate local efforts to fight drug use through “education, enforcement, and treatment.”...
American Samoa High Court building
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A young man from Vaitogi convicted of assault and unlawful possession of an illegal substance was ordered by the court to serve 20 months at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) as a condition of his 5 years probation. Solomona Gauta, who has been in custody since...
farmers at Fagatago Marketplace
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a May 16 memorandum, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga appointed the Agriculture Department director Solialeaofiotagaloa I.T. Mutini to serve as chairman of the government’s Food Security and Safety Committee. The local Homeland Security Department (ASDHS) director Samana Semo...

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