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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Five government officials who are members of the COVID-19 Task Force and defendants in a federal lawsuit, have requested the US District Court, Central District of California to “dismiss the case with prejudice” against them, as the court “has no personal jurisdiction...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man accused of burglarizing a home in Fogagogo and a store in the Iliili area at the beginning of this year was arrested last month on drug charges during a traffic stop in Nu’uuli. It was during his arrest that officers discovered that that there was an active warrant...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — StarKist Samoa has brought over 150 workers from Samoa since the territory’s governor approved the hiring of guest workers from Apia in June, according to the latest update of the American Samoa Motu Lipoti — Island Report — prepared for the 187th Meeting of the Western...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAA SAMOA — A 31-year-old man from Mesepa accused of having sex with a 16-year-old girl multiple times has entered into a plea agreement with the government. Tele’a Filipo appeared in High Court last week for a Change of Plea hearing. Filipo, who remains in custody, unable to post a...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man with a 2-year-old bench warrant for failure to appear in court for a disposition hearing last month was arrested by police last week and he’s now in custody. Mapu Tuulau made his initial appearance in Court last week, and his next hearing is scheduled for next...
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Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming the announcement of $454,543 in federal funds for American Samoa’s criminal justice system. The funds are part of the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant funding program of the US Justice Department’s Office of Justice...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man accused of stealing a vehicle from a home in the Tafuna area was arrested after the matter was reported to police by the owner of the vehicle, his ex-girlfriend. Mase Alaese made his initial appearance in Court last month. Alaese is charged with 1st degree burglary...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Inter-Samoa flights will resume between Pago Pago and Apia. Thursday's flight out of Pago Pago operated as scheduled with the returning flight from Apia bringing local residents as well as workers that StarKist Samoa hired from Samoa under the territory's guest worker...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The two men convicted of receiving stolen property from a Tafuna home were sentenced last week. Ata Uli and Matthew Sopa were ordered to serve 20 months at the TCF, as a condition of their 5-year probation terms. Both men have been in custody since their arrest, each...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA —The popular Drive-Thru vaccination clinic for COVID-19 is set for today, Saturday, Sept. 25th at the Pago Pago International Airport parking lot from 7:30a.m. to 1p.m., according to Health Department officials during a DoH news conference on Tuesday. This clinic is...

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