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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A young man convicted of burglarizing a home and stealing several items worth a total of $2,239 was released from custody last week after the court decided that the 272 days he served while awaiting the outcome of his case is quite enough for this matter.
Tasilua Fue,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 39-year-old man accused of sexually abusing a 16-year-old girl has pled guilty.
John Malae, who is out on a $10,000 surety bond, appeared in High Court last week for a Change of Plea hearing.
Malae was initially charged with two counts of first-degree sexual abuse,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As discussed at an earlier COVID Task Force meeting, ASG is planning a mass vaxx shut down of the territory in December, this would be similar to the campaign carried out in Samoa last month. However, the shut down is facing a push back from the local bsiness community...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The court, during the preliminary examination (PX) of 48-year-old Amiatu Taulafoga, accused of unlawful possession of drugs, held last week, has found probable cause to bind the case over to the High Court, despite strong opposition from the defense team, claiming that...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Despite the pandemic conditions, a number of classes at the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) have persevered with their service projects on behalf of the community during the current fall 2021 semester. Among these classes supporting community causes were three...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Members of the House and Senate health committees visited LBJ Medical Center last week followed by a briefing with hospital officials, during a question and answer session.
The LBJ site visit was initiated by the House Health Committee, chaired by Rep. Andra Samoa — and...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming a grant of $591,594 from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for coral reef preservation efforts, and congratulating the American Samoa Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources.
On Wednesday, NOAA announced...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a flight advisory dated Nov. 9th, the local Hawaiian Airlines office announced changes for the arrival and departure times of the Nov. 18th flight, which was initially schedule to depart Honolulu at 4:30p.m. arriving in Pago Pago at 9:15p.m.
According to the advisory...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Instead of being “suspended”, an Executive Branch employee who fails to comply with a new regulation to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 will be placed on “leave”, according to Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga’s new COVID-19 Declaration, which also...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man was arrested by police pursuant to an arrest warrant on the allegation that he attempted to rape a 16-year-old girl at her residence.
The man made his initial appearance in District Court last month.
(Samoa News has chosen not to release the name of the defendant...