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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Through separate memorandums, issued this week, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga appointed Leone Faiai as the acting Warden of the American Samoa Corrections Agency and F. Upuese Galoia, as acting director of the American Samoa Search and Rescue Agency.
The appointments came...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 36-year-old man accused of sexually abusing a 16-year-old girl has pled guilty.
Uelese Eteuati, who is out on a $10,000 surety bond, appeared in High Court last week for a Change of Plea hearing.
Eteuati was initially charged with two counts of first-degree sexual...
HONOLULU — On the first day of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council meeting yesterday, members learned that while the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) FY2022 budget increased this year, the Council’s annual request was reduced by $343K. This cut will impact capacity-...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Corrections Officer who collapsed and died last week while on duty has been identified as Esau Leuluaialii.
He was 32 years old.
The gate of the TCF has a blue floral arrangement attached with the photo of the TCF Officer.
As reported earlier by the TCF office, he...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — After a week-long hearing on the proposed measures by the Constitutional Review Committee, the official report was handed over to Governor Lemanu Peleti Mauga during a ceremony this past Friday.
This followed a week after the hearings.
Held at the Gov. H. Rex Lee...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A corrections officer with the Department of Public Safety collapsed while on duty at the Tafuna Correctional Facility. He was declared dead upon arrival at LBJ hospital on Friday afternoon.
This was confirmed by Deputy Police Commissioner, Terry Letuli in response to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Paramount Builders is proud to sponsor coverage of all of the 2022 American Samoa High School Graduations, and wishes all graduates a successful journey into the future.Tafuna High School once again — as is its’ tradition — recorded the highest number of students that...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata’s congressional office welcomed Attorney General Fainu'ulelei Falefatu Alailima-Utu; former DOI/OIA Assistant Secretary Papali’i David Cohen; and Small Business Credit Initiative director Robert Ho Chee to her Washington, D.C., office June 15 and 16...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Through a June 13 executive order, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga established the American Samoa Search and Rescue Agency “responsible for providing search, rescue, fire protection, marine patrol and emergency medical services.”
The order takes effect on July 1 this year but...
Honolulu, HAWAII — With China vying for greater influence in the Pacific, concerns over food security amid the current supply chain crisis and inflation, the importance of fisheries to the people of the Western Pacific Region has never been so apparent, according to information from the Western...