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HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Since a repatriation process started this February, nearly 2,000 American Samoan residents who were stranded in Hawaii and the mainland have gone home.
And roughly 200 people are on the final repatriation flight home, set to depart this Thursday.
American Samoa resident...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Three men arrested by police last month during a traffic stop appeared in District Court last month for their initial appearances, after drugs were found on two of the men, while the driver of the vehicle faces a traffic violation for driving a vehicle without current...
SINGAPORE / AUCKLAND – July 26, 2021 — Hawaiki Submarine Cable Limited Partnership and International Connectivity Services Limited (“Hawaiki”) has today announced the sale of 100 per cent of the shares of the company to BW Digital Pte. Ltd., an affiliate of BW Group Limited, for an undisclosed...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Local resident, identified in federal court documents, as “Jane Doe”, has “agreed to amend” her complaint against several ASG COVID-19 Task Force members, and to file by early next month the amended lawsuit, according to filings last Friday with the US District Court,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The court has accepted the plea agreement between the government and Malifa Aufaga, who is accused of stabbing a man with a knife during a drinking session earlier last year. Aufaga, who has been in custody since his arrest, unable to post a $20,000 cash bond appeared in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Senate last week Thursday rejected in second reading an administration bill, which sought to remove from local law the two off island board members for the American Samoa Power Authority board of directors, following a committee meeting earlier that day.
During the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Senate Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee is conducting its own research before scheduling a hearing on an Administration bill that would establish the legal framework for setting up an American Samoa National Guard, says committee chair, Sen. Fai’ivae...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — While an Administration bill seeks to prohibit Immigration Board members from sponsoring foreigners to avoid conflict of interest, some senators argued that it still does not address another conflict, if the board member transfers the sponsorship to a spouse or adult...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The House Budget and Appropriations Committee unanimous approved three nominees for the American Samoa Economic Development Authority (ASEDA) with a vote of 12-0 each.
The three new members for the ASEDA board of directors are; Director of Public Works, Faleosina Voigt,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 40-year-old farmer convicted of striking the back and shoulder of an intruder with a metal pipe after the intruder visited the defendant’s family home was released from the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) last week, after the court sentenced him to time already...