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A man who was stopped for speeding was found not to have a driver’s license punched and kicked a police officer while resisting arrest, when the vehicle he was driving was searched and illegal drugs were allegedly discovered.
Tovale Filisi made his initial appearance in District Court two weeks...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Pursuant to the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga early last week appointed new and continuing members of the American Samoa Statewide Independent Living Council - which is the advisory panel dealing with services for those with...
Washington, D.C. — Tuesday, Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata welcomed bipartisan House passage of the Covid-19 Hate Crimes Act, sending it to President Biden’s desk to be signed into law. The U.S. Senate had already passed the bill, S. 937, which is focused on stemming acts of hate and violence...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A Fuel Impact Assessment report conducted by the Morris Scanlan Service Inc., for the American Samoa Chamber of Commerce shows a loss in revenues for a majority of gas stations due to natural disasters and local COVID-19 restrictions placed on businesses — including gas...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The US Secretary of Interior, American Samoa Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources (DMWR) and its director, Taotasi Archie Soliai, along with unnamed DMWR individuals and unnamed fishermen, are named as defendants in a new lawsuit filed in the federal court in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A male passenger arrested for consuming alcohol on an aiga bus last month is now charged with violating local drug laws when police allegedly found drugs in his possession.
Taulaga Avia, 29, made his initial appearance in court three weeks ago.
Avia is charged with one...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who is on probation for burglary and stealing is now back in court on another stealing allegation. Police arrested Maalona Soo, also known as Maa Soo two months ago just after he was released from the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) after serving a 28-month...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Territorial Hazard Mitigation Council has put out a public call for all interested parties to submit proposals for Hazard Mitigation Projects. The call was made in a May 12th public letter from the council’s chairman, Lt. Gov. Talauega Eleasalo V. Ale, who is the...
Washington, D.C. — American Samoa is to receive over $479 million ($479,135,254) in federal funds resulting from this year’s legislation known as the American Rescue Plan, according to Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata.
Uifa’atali noted that the U.S. Treasury announced this week that the funds from...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa Power Authority (ASPA) executive director Wallon Young confirmed over the weekend that last Friday’s power outage, affected the entire island of Tutuila and provided an explanation as to the cause of the outage, which occurred around 7:48a.m.
The...