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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A woman accused of stealing from another woman after selling her vehicle to her for $32,000 is now in custody after she was arrested this week. The woman who bought the vehicle returned the vehicle after becoming skeptical that the deal was “legitimate” when problems...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As the “government and people of American Samoa seek to preserve and celebrate Samoan art and culture,” Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga — through an executive order — established within the Governor’s Office, the American Samoa Council on the Arts, Culture and Humanities, which...
Boston, MASSACHUSETTS — May the United States rule foreign territories without granting their inhabitants constitutional rights? Yes, according to landmark Supreme Court decisions in the “Insular Cases” more than a century ago. Without those decisions, our overseas territorial empire could not...
Washington, D.C. — Uifa’atali Amata visited U.S. Navy personnel in Finland last week and toured the USS Gunston Hall, as part of a Congressional Delegation that focused on veterans and military issues, and met with U.S. Ambassador to Finland Douglas Hickey and Finland Minister for Foreign Affairs...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Two women were arrested and charged for fighting and disturbing the public peace near an apartment in Malaeloa.
The government claims that the incident happened when the wife (named as suspect #1 in the affidavit) went to her husband (who was living with his new...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In its May 25 issue, Samoa News ran a front page photo taken by a member of the community on May 24, 2022 of an ASG vehicle with no Disabled Parking Permit — parked in a Disabled Parking space at the Lumana’i Building. At the time Samoa News received two photos, one of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Telecommunications Authority (ASTCA) has defended the hiring of an overseas “Marketing Consultant” to assist with the entity’s development of its’ marketing division.
The contract is for six months.
Chief Executive Officer, Chuck Leota told Samoa News...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — ASG’s Office of Disaster Assistance and Petroleum Management (ODAPM) is now on a 12-month probation period after the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) lifted draw down restrictions, while setting conditions for the local Homeland Security Department (ASDHS) in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — ASG’s Human Resources Department is looking for “quality and productive worksites” to employ participants of the government-sponsored Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP), which begins June 27 and runs through Aug. 19 for a duration of 8-weeks.
In a June 1 letter to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “Structures like this are an investment towards our students’ athletic and academic achievements,” Lt. Gov. Talauega E.V. Ale said during the dedication ceremony for the new half million dollar plus Lupelele Elementary School gymnasium last Wednesday.
The Department of...