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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man out on bond in relation to a drug case is now back in police custody for separate drug charges.
Taavili Samuelu made his initial appearance in District Court last month and is facing one count of unlawful possession of methamphetamine (meth) and one count of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The alarming rate of the spread of cancer and other prevalent non-communicable diseases (NCDs) has prompted the Senate President to call for more awareness.
Senate President, Tuaolo Manaia Fruean introduced a resolution on Friday to highlight the alarming rate of cancer...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 40-year-old father accused of assaulting a man with a knife last year has entered into a plea agreement with the government.
Lautala Faletolu, who has been in custody without bail since his arrest May 29, 2021 was initially charged with first-degree assault, two counts...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In what has become a tradition at the American Samoa Community College (ASCC), early in each spring and fall semester the ASCC-based Alpha Epsilon Mu chapter of the nation-wide Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) Honor Society holds its induction ceremony for new members. The PTK...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a brief statement, the American Samoa Medicaid State Agency announced that it received notice yesterday of its fiscal year 2023 — which began Oct. 01, 2022 — federal grant award for $89.21 million, for medical care services.
According to the Medicaid office, the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Senate President Tuaolo Manaia Fruean has lamented why Directors are “trying to hide information on the increases of their salaries, when it is in fact public information?”
Tuaolo made the comments during a hearing on Friday regarding the $7.4 million supplemental budget...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — ANZ Amerika Samoa Bank closed its doors this past Friday after serving the people of American Samoa for over 20 years.
At the farewell ceremony on Friday, Regional Country Head of ANZ Guam and American Samoa, Clarke Schaumann said it is a season of sadness.
“I can say...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man is now in custody over allegations of sexual assaulting his 16-year-old niece who lives in the same house as the defendant.
Samoa News is withholding names of parties involved in this case to protect the identity of the victim.
The defendant, a 37-year-old father...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Federal assistance for damage in American Samoa as a result of high surf, high winds, and flooding from July 12 to July 15 this year, “will be limited to 75% of the total eligible costs,” according to the initial federal notice of the US Presidential Disaster Declaration...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The House bill to increase the salaries of the Governor and Lt. Governor was introduced in the House of Representatives last week and it’s now assigned to the House Budget committee.
House Speaker, Savali Talavou Ale told faipule that they need to take a quick look at...