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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The female driver of a vehicle pulled over by police last month in Leone for blacked out tail lights is now charged with violating local drug laws.
On Apr. 14, 2021 about 12:00 midnight, a vehicle was pulled over by traffic officers on the Leone public highway due to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa and Samoa, along with several world countries and territories, are listed under the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s “Level 1: COVID-19 Low” status, according to the latest CDC travel notices published on the federal agency’s website (www....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man was arrested and taken into custody by police officers yesterday morning at the Samoa News office in Fagatogo after he yelled profanities outside in the parking lot.
It was about 10:30a.m yesterday morning when a woman ran into the Samoa News office (on the 2nd...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Two men are now being charged in connection with the alleged beating of a man in Tafuna last month. The two men, Jimmy Valaau and Joseph Ameko, also known as Joe Ameko made their initial appearance in District Court two weeks ago.
Valaau and Ameko are each charged with...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Lieutenant Governor Talauega E. V Ale led a delegation that arrived in Manu'a this past Tuesday to follow up on the progress of various work development and service projects. The delegation is also tasked with identifying possible areas for future projects earmarked to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A young man from Tafuna with a long criminal history entered into a plea agreement with the government last week.
Lave Tupu, who is on probation, was initially charged with 4 misdemeanors including 2 counts of third degree assault, resisting arrest, and public peace...
Washington, D.C. — American Samoa is set to receive two grants totaling $561,010 in supplemental funding from the American Rescue Plan Act, passed by Congress earlier this year and signed into law in March.
These grants, each an identical $280,505, are for the American Samoa Department of Human and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Last month, on April 5, 2021, Samoa News reported that two ASG employees who were convicted of felonies at the federal level — bribery and fraud — are currently employed with ASG — (https://www.samoanews.com/local-news/public-asks-about-two-men-felony-convictions-hired-...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Pacific Horizons High School’s Class of 2021 graduated 14 students from the Home of the Pacific Navigators on Saturday evening — beginning the annual cycle of the local graduation commencement ceremonies for high schools, both public and private — in American Samoa for...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Medicaid State Agency office in a notice dated yesterday, from Honolulu on its Facebook page, announced that the fifth repatriation flight has been postponed from May 28 until June 01.
The announcement states that the postponement was in “light of...