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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — McConnell Dowell crew has begun work on a drainage pit heading into Hope House and in front of the cemetery in Ottoville. In addition to this project, which includes improvements and upgrades, McConnell Dowell is also the contractor for the Hope House extension access...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The driver of a vehicle pulled over by police during a traffic stop in Malaeloa last month told investigators that the illegal drugs found in his possession were bought from a man named “Styler” of Vaitogi. (Samoa News is not using the man’s full name as he has not been...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Tutuila Wind Energy LLC of American Samoa (“TWE”) would like to invite the general public to our first voluntary town hall meeting to explain the Tutuila Wind Farm Project.
In partnership with the American Samoa Power Authority (ASPA), this renewable energy project will...
by Fili Sagapolutele
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi has issued an amendment — which became effective yesterday — to his current COVID-19 Emergency Declaration, dated May 27, affecting registration for travelers entering the territory.
And the amendment reflects what was...
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. Eight students from Manu'a High School — home of the Segaula — have achieved another milestone in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An amendment, increasing women's representation, as the American Samoa Constitution does not state as a value the people's commitment to women's inclusion in security and justice, was deliberated during the Constitutional Review Committee hearing last week.
The issue — ...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is highlighting Women Veterans Day (Sunday, 12 June), sometimes called Women Veterans Appreciation Day, a day to honor the service of women who help defend the United States and the cause of freedom. The date commemorates June 12, 1948, the day...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is delighted to congratulate Tafuna High School student Haylie Jeanette Tuiasopopo for her project’s selection in a national competition to be featured at the National Museum of American History, part of the Smithsonian Institution in the nation’s...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 34-year-old man from Samoa accused of sexually abusing his 15-year-old relative was arrested last month, after the initial report was made a few months earlier. During his arrest, the defendant was found with two small stamp sized baggies containing marijuana.
The...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Veteran local musician and well-known singer, Tupuivao Bernard M. Scanlan, has launched a petition seeking the public’s support for a proposed copyright law to protect original work of local musicians, as there is no local law in the territory.
And so far, Tupuivao has...