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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 29-year-old man convicted of stealing was released from custody last week, after the High Court determined that the 15 months he served at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) to await sentencing was enough.
Pule Unasa, under a plea agreement with the government...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Speaker of the House, Savali Talavou Ale said that if the law specifies what to do then that is what should be followed.
This was Savali’s response to the Vice Speaker of the House’s question about the newly appointed members of some boards and commissions and one...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Through a Feb. 8th executive order, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga amended provisions of the 2011 executive order, made by then-Gov. Togiola T.A. Tulafono that established the American Samoa Shipyard Services Authority.
The amended order, which is also...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — This is a special bulletin from the American Samoa Department of Homeland Security. The National Weather Service has issued the following Special Weather Statement:
The South Pacific Convergence Zone (SPCZ) over the islands is anticipated to bring inclement weather...
A special inter-Samoa flight has been agreed upon by Governor Lemanu Peleti Mauga and Prime Minister Tuilaepa Malielegaoi for Monday, February 22, 2021. The flight will transport 29 passengers who have pending Nonimmigrant Visa applications with the U.S. Embassy in Samoa for future travel to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Not a single question was asked when the acting director of the Department of Human and Social Services (DHSS) Muavaefaatasi J. Suisala appeared before the House Human and Social Services committee yesterday morning for his confirmation hearing.
Several faipule were...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man accused of stealing $1,000 from a man at Neil’s ACE Home Center store last week is now in custody after he was arrested and charged by the government. Steven Esau made his initial appearance in District Court this week.
Esau is charged with one count of stealing, a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga has expanded responsibilities of the Compliance Review Committee to include reviewing government leases and added new members, according to the governor’s Feb. 12th memorandum.
In a separate memo dated Feb. 17th, the governor...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Local resident Steven Jay Pincus Hueter has taken his alleged violation of civil and constitutional rights due to the territory’s COVID-19 restrictions to the federal court in Washington D.C, while his local case remains pending in the High Court of American Samoa....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Lynn Pulou-Alaimalo is now the director for the Department of Human Resources after she was approved by faipule yesterday morning by a 16-3 vote. She was confirmed by the Senate last month.
Pulou-Alaimalo appeared before the House Government Operations Committee...