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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Parents and Teachers Association of Tafuna High School has launched an online petition calling on Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga not to use the school’s lower campus to house new Education Department (ASDOE) facilities but reserve the area for future school expansion....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Five fishermen appeared in District Court this week accused of violating the Public Health Emergency Plan by leaving their boats while they were under quarantine.
The five fisherman are Indonesia Nationals and each was charged with one count of violating the Public...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Tuesday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata congratulated three local organizations upon federal grant notifications for their youth programs teaching sexual risk avoidance. Together, the three grants total $929,206 for these efforts in American Samoa.
The three grants are as...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Faced with the lack of medication, the Veterinary Clinic at the Agriculture Department compound in Tafuna has turned away, as of last week Friday, more than 100 people, who sought — among other things — vaccinations and surgeries for pets, according to one of the four...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Members of the locally based Tautai o Samoa Longline Fishing Association say they are “pleased” with the recent “reversal” by the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals of a ruling issued about three years ago by the federal court in Honolulu over the Large Vessel Prohibited...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 45-year-old man accused of punching a 16-year-old boy and then striking the boy with a piece of lumber has entered into a plea agreement with the government.
Tipasa Laulu who has been in custody since his arrest, unable to post a $10,000 surety bond appeared in court...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 39-year-old man who is on probation for a drug conviction was arrested by police last month on the allegation that he unlawfully entered a house and assaulted his ex-wife who was with her boyfriend.
However, when police apprehended the defendant, drugs were allegedly...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The future of American Samoa’s political status was one of the questions asked of the four gubernatorial team during the recent American Samoa Bar Association forum.
“Share your vision regarding the future political status of our island and its people so that we remain...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has informed cabinet members that it’s the administration’s “collective pledge” that no action will be taken on a repatriation flight for stranded local residents “until we are absolutely sure” that the actions taken will “prevent the entry of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Despite initial opposition from Senators over the amendments the House made to the Senate bill that would allow voters stranded off island due to the COVID-19 pandemic to vote in the November 3rd elections, Senators last Friday approved the changes during a conference...