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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man with a long criminal history was taken into custody last month after police picked him up for a public peace disturbance (PPD) in the Tafuna area.
Filitoa Apelu, 35, who has a previous assault and stealing conviction from 2014, made his initial appearance in court...
WASHINGTON — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata, along with of the Representatives of the five U.S Territories, took part in the letter to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), led by Natural Resources Committee Chair Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) — in a bipartisan effort to identify gaps in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Department of Public Safety is still investigating the tragic incident from Aoa that occurred this past Sunday, April 10, when a husband shot his wife and later killed himself. The wife is now in stable condition at the LBJ Tropical Medical Center after undergoing...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — LBJ Medical Center has recorded one new COVID-19 related death — as of Apr. 13 — bringing the total number of fatalities to 20, since the first death was reported on Mar. 22, according to officials who participated in Thursday’s COVID-19 Task Force daily briefing.
LBJ...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Proof of COVID-19 vaccination or evidence of a negative test is required for persons entering any government owned or lease building, under Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga’s new COVID-19 Emergency Declaration, which was effective at 12:01 a.m. until May 13.
This is the only...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Governor Lemanu Peleti Mauga met via zoom this week with the U.S. Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia, Carmen G. Cantor, who was recently nominated to serve as the Assistant Secretary of Insular and International Affairs at the Department of the Interior...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — By majority vote, student delegates to the 2022 Student Constitutional Convention, conducted virtually for two-days and ending late yesterday morning approved the three proposed amendments to the American Samoa Constitution as presented to them for discussion, and a vote...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man convicted of punching the cashier of a store in Amaluia, before taking off with $500 cash in December of 2019 was released from custody this week after he served more than what the court ordered him to serve as a condition of probation.
Tauilevanu Mose, who came...
Washington, D. C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming $250,000 in federal funding for local mental health and substance abuse services.
This is a new grant, awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), specifically the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), part...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In an Apr. 11 memorandum, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga announced the recess appointment of Rep. Faimealelei A. Allen to the American Samoa Medical Authority Board of Directors.
According to the governor, this appointment is to fill the vacancy made by the resignation of...