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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Two brothers from Pago Pago convicted of violating local drug laws were each sentenced to 5 years probation and $2,000 fines. The brothers, Wayne Jack Banse and his younger brother, Johnny Banse, who was released from custody last month after the court accepted their...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The government’s COVID-19 Task Force is making plans to ensure that American Samoa is fully prepared as the territory prepares to open its borders and in the meantime, the Task Force is taking another look at how they handle requests for service animals to be included on...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The case of one of the four defendants in the copper wire theft ring is now continued again — this time to June 17, 2021 after the High Court granted the defense attorney’s request for more time so that the defendant and her family can resolve the issue of her illegal...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A local resident, who is a US National and identified in a federal court document as “Jane Doe”, filed in April this year, a complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief for violations of the Americans With Disability Act (ADA) against American Samoa Government...
Covid-19 vaccine sign at LBJ hospital
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Signs posted at the hospital show directions to the LBJ Medical Center COVID-19 Vaccination location where the residents can now get their COVID doses. In an advisory this week, Heath Department announced the walk-in clincs for COVID-19 vaccination and the LBJ clinic are...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An “unannounced cash count” of the Sports Complex Management Office (SCMO) by the Territorial Audit Office (TAO) identified weakness that the auditors say are “a sign of high risk in cash collection procedures and it can lead to potential fraud, abuse and mismanagement...
Lt Kovana Talauega Eleasalo V Ale i le tamaitai o Na’kaysa Seva’aetasi
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Lt Gov Talauega Eleasalo Va’alele Ale represented Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga, as the Leone High School graduation keynote speaker at the Leone High School gymnasium yesterday. Here is the speech in its entirety. "It is an honor and privilege to be here today with you to...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 42-year-old man accused of assaulting a man in Petesa by striking the victim’s head with a metal pipe made his initial appearance in District Court last month. Si’ufale Amosa is charged with one count of unlawful possession of marijuana, an unclassified felony,...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man accused of assaulting his cousin with a hammer has entered into a plea agreement with the government. The charges against Filotasi Seu, 45, stem from an incident where he allegedly assaulted his 37-year-old relative. Seu was initially charged with first-degree...

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