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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man convicted of assaulting his niece with a shovel was ordered by the court to depart the territory and remain outside of its border as a condition of his 5 years probation.
Voi Sautia, who has been in custody since his arrest in January of last year unable to post a...
WASHINGTON — Last week U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2 million CARES Act Recovery Assistance grant to the American Samoa Government to capitalize and administer a Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) that will...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The truth is, “we don’t have enough money” to operate the government, according to candidate for governor I’aulualo Fa’afetai Talia during his speech last Saturday at the official kick off for the I’aulualo and Tapa’au gubernatorial team at the Samoa Sports Complex,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — ASG chief procurement officer, Dr. Oreta Mapu Crichton has resigned from her post, and her final day on the job was last Friday. This was announced by Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga at last Friday’s cabinet meeting, and he wished Crichton the best in her future political...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa “active voters” stranded off-island due to border closure after the local COVID-19 restrictions, will be able to vote absentee in the November general election under procedures put in place by the Election Office.
And local active voters stranded off-...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man is now in custody after being arrested by police last week after a glass pipe containing methamphetamine was found inside his pocket.
A female, who was a passenger on an aiga bus heading to Leone called 911 for assistance after an intoxicated male, who was also a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga submitted to the Fono for confirmation last week two director appointees as well as members for the Territorial Bank of American Samoa (TBAS) Board of Directors.
The two director appointees are Alfonso Pete Galea’i as the new Director of the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Eight food commodities increased in price for June, according to the June 2020 Basic Food Index (BFI) report released by the ASG Commerce Department, which surveyed seven major food outlets.
Those food items which increased in price include chicken legs, fresh fish, rice...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The US Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals based in Denver, Colorado has set Sept. 23 to hear oral arguments in the US citizenship case, which was appealed from the federal court in Salt Lake City, Utah that ruled last December that “Persons born in American Samoa are...
Honolulu, HAWAII — A 6.1 magnatude earthquake hit 89.9 miles east of Hihifo, Tonga and at a depth of 14 km. This was Saturday morning at approximately 4:30a.m. American Samoa time.
This is in the far north of the Tongan islands about 375 miles WSW of Tutuila.
There are no immediate reports of...