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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An alleged fight between a couple from Tafuna over the wife’s suspicion that her husband was having an affair has landed the couple in jail.
It’s alleged that after the man assaulted his wife during a domestic spat, the wife went to a nearby store and allegedly assaulted...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A local government review committee, established to assess the population count before closure of the 2020 census enumeration for the 2020 American Samoa Census didn’t come up with credible evidence to challenge the count due to the lack of better secondary...
compiled by Samoa News staff
Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga’s recent call for more “active participation” by Task Force members was bolstered at this week’s COVID-19 Task Force meeting with a number of local politicians showing up in person to observe the deliberations where topics included crafting a...
Apia, SAMOA — A Supreme Court judge in Samoa says Digicel and Vodafone should block harmful and inappropriate content including pornography.
Justice Tologata Leilani Tuala-Warren made the comments when sentencing for an 18 year-old who was convicted of incest.
She said the defendant had access to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Through an Oct. 21st memorandum, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga appointed two more members of the American Samoa Fisheries Task Force. The additional members are Fa’afoi Palepua, senior manager of StarKist Samoa and Joe Hamby, representing purse seiners.
Lemanu said the two “...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An overstayer from Samoa who eluded police officers is finally in custody after he was arrested last month for stealing and burglary.
Fred Lasi, a.k.a Fereti Lasi made his initial appearance in court last month.
The government has filed two separate cases against Lasi....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who is serving 5 years probation for a drug conviction was arrested by police two weeks ago and charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance.
He is charged with one count of unlawful possession of the controlled substance methamphetamine (meth), a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a notice this past week, the U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announced that it proposes s limit of 2,000 metric tons (t) of longline-caught bigeye tuna for 2022 for each U.S. Pacific territory — American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The man accused of sexually abusing his 13-year-old niece is now in custody after being arrested by police last week.
[To protect the identity of the victim, Samoa News will not identify parties involved.)
The defendant made his initial appearance before District Court...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency (AS-EPA) has completed sanitary surveys for the American Samoa Power Authority’s (ASPA) Manu’a and Satellite water systems as part of its regulatory role to protect public health.
In a press release issued this past week...