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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The second of the four defendants arrested after police executed two search warrants in February of last year at two homes in Tafuna and Vaitogi has entered into a plea agreement with the government.
Jack Alesana, who has been in custody since his arrest, unable to post...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Lemanu Administration is finalizing the proposed budget document for fiscal year 2022, which begins Oct. 1st this year, before it heads to print and then is submitted to the Fono when lawmakers convene on the second Monday of July for the Second Regular Session of...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's Head of State Tuimalealiifano Vaaletoa Sualauvi II has declared that parliament convene on Monday 2nd August.
He made the announcement on television Sunday night (Samoa time) ahead of today's (Monday in Samoa) deadline set by the Supreme Court for parliament to sit after the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 58-year-old man from Fagaima was arrested last month on the allegation that he raped his 16-year-old niece inside the victim’s home earlier last month.
[In the interest of protecting the minor victim, Samoa News is withholding the names of all parties involved].
The...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 42-year-old man allegedly found with a glass pipe containing methamphetamine (meth) in his vehicle when police pulled him over for a traffic violation almost two years ago was recently arrested and charged.
The question as to why the government waited so long to charge...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Through a June 30th memorandum, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga declared that the Fourth of July, Independence Day, which falls on a Sunday this year is being observed as a holiday in American Samoa, today Monday, July 5th.
Therefore all government offices are...
Manu’a Islands, AMERICAN SAMOA — Manu’a is still experiencing a partial outage with Broadband being the only service that is currently active with a stable connection, although speeds have been reduced using the VSAT (satellite) solution.
The American Samoa TeleCommunications Authority on Friday...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Territorial Bank of American Samoa has announced their newest service for deposit account customers to transfer funds to recipients in foreign countries effective immediately. “We are ready to service our deposit customers with quick and easy transfers in foreign...
A man from Samoa accused of sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl last year has entered into a plea agreement with the government. Fereti Lafoga was originally charged with first degree sexual abuse, attempted rape, second degree burglary — all class C felonies — and two class A misdemeanors: third...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Lemanu-Talauega Administration plans to be in Manu’a for the Manu’a Flag Day festivities.
Events and festivities are planned from July 14th-16th.
On July 16th, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga and Lt. Gov. Talauega Eleasalo Va’alele Ale will lead a delegation to Ta’u, Manu’a...