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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In an effort to further protect American Samoa from the spread of communicable diseases, Rep. Vailoata Eteuati Amituana’i has sponsored legislation authorizing the Heath Department to test minors and also to create rules requiring non-residents entering American Samoa to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man accused of burglarizing a home in Nu’uuli at the beginning of this year has been arrested and is now in custody, with bail set at $15,000. He’s also facing charges of unlawful possession of illegal drugs when police found two small plastic baggies containing...
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 Malaeimi has entered into a plea agreement with the government.
Keneti Iosua, who has been in custody since his...
Washington, D.C. —Thursday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed a grant of $1,525,599.77 for the Port Administration from the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). These federal dollars support dredging work based on Tropical Storm Gita damages in the village...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — This photo shows a mid-size placard that a Samoa News staff member was given Tuesday night, by a Census enumerator showing that the staff/ resident (who is also head of household) has been counted for the 2020 Census of American Samoa.
The placard — which includes a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Twenty-four hours after ASG implemented its repatriation plan to return back to the territory local residents stranded in Samoa after inter-Samoa borders were closed two months ago, the local Attorney General’s Office issued an advisory yesterday morning that “OK Board”...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — While families of the two victims who lost their lives Monday afternoon during the tragic accident in the passage between Auasi and Aunuu island mourn, police are now investigating the incident to find out what really happened as the alia boat left Auasi wharf.
Samoa...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Chamber of Commerce has requested more information from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) on how to include local produce — such as taro and bananas — as allowable products for funding under federal COVID-19 funds, as local farmers were impacted...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — During its assessment of the local minimum wage increase, the US Government Accountability Office interviewed selected employers and workers, and they noted — among other things — a “potential positive impact on the livelihood of workers but a potential negative impact...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 37-year-old bus driver, who assaulted a man by punching him in the face and kicking him multiple times, while he was on the ground, was sentenced last week to 24 months behind bars.
Viliamu Valoaga was initially charged with third degree assault; third degree property...