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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Pesamino Pua was arraigned at the District Court on July 2, 2023 and is being charged with 18 criminal counts — 2 counts in sexual abuse in the first degree domestic violence; 1 count for indecent exposure, endangering the welfare of a child (domestic violence),...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The long awaited Faleniu Road project as well as a related 'soak pit' are nearing completion and over the weekend, Tualauta Rep. Larry Sanitoa wrote to Reuben Siatu’u of the Department of Public Works (DPW) expressing appreciation for the job well done.
“First, on behalf...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Fagatogo Police Headquarters received a call on July 2, 2023 at 8:28 PM requesting their assistance regarding an individual, Tila Afasene, who allegedly broke into the Port Administration and tried to break into a Peter. E. Reid Stevedoring office container that stored...
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata was invited by Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries to take part in a two-day bipartisan Congressional delegation to Trinidad and Tobago. Members of Congress joined U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Four active burrows of the rare Taʻiʻo (Tahiti Petrel Pseudobulweria rostrata) were discovered on two separate mountain peaks on Tutuila, American Samoa last month – the first time burrows of this species have been found on the island since 1986.
The burrows were...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — ASG Treasury Department announced late Thursday afternoon that tax refund checks for Batch #10 — totaling more than $4 million — will be release today, Monday, July 10.
The statement says that a total of 1,711 taxpayers who filed on Mar. 29 to partial June 29, 2023, will...
Pago Pago, AMERICANSAMOA —The U.S. Department of labor is citing what it describes as “a Pago Pago building construction company’s long history of violations of federal workplace safety and health laws,” claiming the violations have continued after inspections at two American Samoa work sites “...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Repeat offender Tuuaifuaina Laki Va’apu’u aka Tony has been charged with one count of Burglary in the Second Degree, one count of Trespassing and eight counts of Stealing, after he broke into the house of a family who had befriended him awhile ago and treated him as a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu P.S Mauga has signed into law an Administration bill — approved by the Fono during the First Regular Session of the 38th Legislature — that limits the amount of time that land and title disputes may languish before the Office of Samoa Affairs.
The governor...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Next Goal Wins was a 2014 British documentary film directed by Mike Brett and Steve Jamison. The film chronicles the national football team of American Samoa now made into a movie 2023 by renowned Hollywood Director Taika Waititi, and co written with Iaim Morris.
The...