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PALMER FOR PRESIDENT CAMPAIGN
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Major newspapers around the world — everywhere from The Guardian in Great Britain to Al Jazeera in the Middle East to the New York Times — jumped on the election night story on Tuesday that President Joe Biden was sweeping every Democratic contest on Super Tuesday —...
Taotasi Archie Soliai
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The director of Marine & Wildlife Resources has written to the director of the Department of Commerce about his environmental concerns with “some major excavation, digging and clearing work being done in the Malaeimi/ Nuuuli area.” His letter highlights an issue that...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In February, a young man was reported for allegedly causing a peace disturbance and threatening to kill his stepfather. Sone Wilson, the 21-year-old suspect, was apprehended and charged with the following: Count 1: Private Peace Disturbance — a class C misdemeanor...
Samoa Bowl 2023 welcoming ceremony
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — After reviving the Samoa Bowl last year after it had been dormant since 2016, the Lemanu- Talaluega Administration has put Samoa Bowl 2024 on the calendar from December 23rd to 30th, 2024. This event, initiated under the Togiola administration in 2003, “continues to...
Satele Aliitai Lili’o
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Senators were deeply skeptical about government’s lease of 400 acres of prime land for the purpose of starting a cattle farm in neighboring Samoa, to be funded by federal grant money. Director of Agriculture Solia Mutini told a hearing of the Senate Agriculture Committee...
Attorney General Fainu’ulelei Alailima-Utu
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Attorney General Fainu’ulelei Alailima-Utu has finally responded to the Senate resolution submitted to his office last month, requesting that he petition the Chief Justice to appoint an Independent Prosecutor to investigate the misuse of the unbudgeted and unobligated...
Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata
Washington, D.C. — Early Saturday morning, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Mike Johnson informed Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata that House leaders had reached bipartisan agreement on a package of spending bills that includes renewal and funding for the Compacts of Free Association (...
Pula T.I. Nikolau Pula
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In front of his banner of 2024 HOPE, Pula T.I. Nikolau Pula became the first to announce his candidacy for Governor of American Samoa in the 2024 gubernatorial race, yesterday, Monday, March 4, 2024. The media was invited to the special Meet & Greet that included a Q...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Medicaid State Agency (ASMSA) notified Gov. Lemanu P.S. Mauga and Lt. Gov. Talauega E.V. Ale in a memorandum dated January 16, 2024 of the depletion of local match at the end of the 2nd quarter of FY 2024 on March 31, 2024. At the time the Medicaid...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On February 11, 2024 a woman contacted the Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) to report that she was allegedly assaulted by her husband. The husband was arrested and later charged with the following charges: Count 1: Private Peace Disturbance (DV) — a class B misdemeanor...

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