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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 45-year-old mechanic who was pulled over for a traffic violation is being criminally charged, after police allegedly found drugs inside the vehicle.
Tavita Vui appeared in District Court last week Tuesday for a traffic citation, and ordered to return to court the next...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Did your village experience flooding in early July? Many residents noticed the extremely high tides around our coasts in early and late July (June 30 – July 6, and July 31 – August 2). Areas on the south and east-facing portions of our islands experienced the worst...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Aumua Amata was pleased to welcome a federal grant of approximately $4 million for the American Samoa Department of Education.
This grant is through the Office of Head Start, a program within the Administration for Children and Families, which is part of the U.S....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — This week is National Health Center Week themed: “Rooted in Communities” and the crew from the local Dept. of Health will be out and about, schooling local residents on the services provided at the health centers across the island.
Yesterday, a team from DOH was posted...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 27-year-old father who was convicted in June of this year of violating local drug laws will have to serve 180 days at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) as a condition of his 5-year probation.
Ronald Alexander Pickering III, who was out on a $5,000 cash bond,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A candidate for the 2020 gubernatorial election is at a loss for words, after he was made aware yesterday of a social media message — said to have been shared online since last week — that implicates him in what appears to be a proposition for an extramarital affair....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The “high cost of wine and beer” contributed to increase in the Alcoholic Beverage Group during the second quarter of 2019, according to the Consumer Price Index report for the second quarter released last month by the Commerce Department.
According to the report, the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Two of the three men who were arrested and charged for sexually assaulting two 14-year-old girls last year appeared in High Court last week for a Change of Plea hearing.
Loma Michael Iosia and Nick Mataia — both in custody unable to post a $100,000 surety bond — were...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Gerczak arrived in the Port of Pago Pago, Saturday. The crew is participating in Operation Aiga to conduct fisheries law enforcement and strengthen partnerships in American Samoa and Samoa throughout August.
“It was a good transit, the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Attorney General Talauega Eleasalo V. Ale has “revoked” a notice he issued two months ago, seeking to amend current regulations to increase fees for certain immigration services, including the Certificate of Identify fee.
The proposed amendments — which were to become...