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Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata highlighted several needs, especially a modernized hospital, along with pandemic-caused concerns, including visa overstayers, obstacles for Army recruits, and the Census numbers which were compiled while up to 2,000 residents were away. She...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Encouraging American Samoan women to acknowledge the importance of their roles in family, village, church and government is the theme of a program promoting women’s empowerment called, “Toe Timata le Upega” — promoted by the Women’s Division of the Department of Youth...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man convicted of assaulting his wife and sentenced by the High Court to 5 years probation is now in custody after being arrested last week and accused of physically abusing his 4-year-old niece by slapping her in the face and kicking her in the back.
The man, Lino Tapu...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Training of Dept. of Public Safety (DPS) officers on alternative approaches to individuals with mental illness in crisis, was among the Office of Protection and Advocacy for the Disabled’s (OPAD) “Education and Training on Mental Illness” programs last year, according to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An Administration bill giving the Human Resources director “exclusive authority to promulgate rules” on ASG personnel issues, caused concerns from senators who spoke during yesterday’s Senate Rules Committee hearing on the legislation.
Also concerning to the senators is...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A photo posted on the local Education Department Facebook page, is marked by ASDOE as “FAKE MEMO”, and apparently circulated over the weekend that public schools were to close yesterday due to severe weather conditions. The fake-information quickly circulated on social...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Senate Rules Committee has tabled for further discussion and another future hearing, the Senate Joint Resolution, which seeks to amend the local Constitution by adding two more senatorial seats for Manu’a.
The decision was made by committee chairman Sen. Magalei...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 27-year-old man from Samoa accused of having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old female for a period of 5 months is now in custody after he was arrested by police last month pursuant to an arrest warrant from the court. During his arrest, police discovered drugs...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Governor’s State of the Territory Comprehensive Report, distributed to lawmakers last month during a Fono joint session, provides a summary of achievements by the American Samoa Shipyard Authority, which oversees the ASG-owned shipyard in Satala.
According to the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — One of the three defendants arrested after armed detectives of the DPS Vice & Narcotics Unit executed two search warrants early last year in Tafuna and Nu’uuli has entered into a plea agreement with the government.
Sio Iosua, who has been in custody since his arrest...