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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The 28-year old man convicted of assaulting another man at the parking lot of the Laufou Shopping Center while intoxicated at the beginning of this year was ordered by the court not to set foot in the Laufou parking lot during the period of his 12-month probation....
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A fight at the Fagaima Taxi Stand last week landed a man and his two sons in court after they were arrested and charged with assaulting a man working as a dispatcher for the taxi stand. The man, Akeli Alosio, employed as the Senate Sergeant-at-Arms at the Fono, made his...
Amata with VA doctors and personnelDirector Sergio S. Chao of the Honolulu Regional Office and VA Clinic Director Dr. Adam Robinson
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata last week, as part of a series of meetings while she was in Honolulu, also met with the leadership of the Spark M. Matsunaga Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA) Medical Center associated with Tripler Army Medical Center that serves so many Veterans...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 30-year-old man who was picked up pursuant to an arrest warrant from the court, on the allegation that he unlawfully entered a store in Nu’uuli area and stole several items. The government filed two separate cases against Apelu Faavae when he made his initial...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The driver of a blue truck that was pulled over by police late last month for driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI) is also being charged with unlawful possession of drugs. Ualesi Lavasii made his initial appearance in District Court where he was charged with...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Attorneys representing the Territory of American Samoa — through ASG and the Governor’s Office —  are asking the United States Supreme Court to approve its “writ of certiorari” to review a federal appeal’s court ruling, which reversed a lower court decision dealing with...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 30-year-old man accused of selling marijuana joints at the cannery last year has pled guilty.  Cops arrested Pelenato Sami on Oct. 22, 2020 after a female employee of the cannery informed police about a man selling drugs to several cannery employees in front of a...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Fa’asao Marist High School has received an additional three years of accreditation, according to the Accrediting Commission for Schools, Western Association of Schools and Colleges (ASC WASC) which says that the action was taken at the Spring 2021 Commission meeting....
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA —Leaders and elders of the Congregational Christian Church of American Samoa (CCCAS) have designated, June 6th, this coming Sunday, as "Pray for Samoa" day for the entire CCCAS locally and abroad “to remember and pray for Samoa and the political situation going on over...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The owner of a rental unit in the Nu’uuli area who was charged and convicted of assaulting his tenants — a man and his son — was sentenced to 12 months probation in District Court. Ilalio Tufuga was initially charged with second-degree assault, a class D felony. But the...

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