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Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata met with Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) President Wesley Simina on Wednesday as a follow up to the recent passage of the Compact of Free Association Agreements with the FSM, Palau, and the Marshall Islands (RMI) to discuss implementation,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The power to arrest suspected violators of the law which had rested solely with police officers, has now been given to security officers of the Department of Port Authority.
This follows the governor’s signing of a Senate bill which will “allow the Director of the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On February 25, 2023, the Fagatogo Police Station (FPS) received a call to report an unknown male who allegedly broke into the Department of Youth and Women’s Affair (DYWA) in Pago Pago.
Joseph Aetonu was apprehended and charged with Count 1: Trespass — a class B...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On March 3, 2024, a traffic stop resulted in the arrest of Kid Bartley who allegedly refused the Standardized Field Sobriety Test.
The defendant was arrested and charged with Count 1: Resisting Arrest — a class A misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for up to one year...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Extreme low tides and coral bleaching exacerbated by global climate change, are causing widespread loss of coral, according to the Dept. of Marine & Wildlife Resources (DMWR), which is calling for collaboration between communities, governments, and conservation...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On February 24, 2024, a woman walked in at the Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) regarding a male individual who broke into her home and was sleeping on the floor.
The suspect was apprehended and charged with Count 1: Trespass — a class B misdemeanor punishable by...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Local high school budding poets faced-off last Friday in the 4th Annual Territorial Competition of Poetry Out Loud — American Samoa 2024, held at the Jean P. Haydon Museum, where last year's winner Hazel Leo of Iakina Adventist Academy, emerged victorious once again....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The overall winners of the 2024 American Samoa Science Fair High School division includes Amelia Chen, a 2-peat consecutive overall winner of the High School division. She will once again be representing American Samoa at the International Science and Engineering Fair in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a statement issued by the Samoa Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAF) late last week, it was revealed that five cattle and five sheep are ready to be gifted by the Samoa government to the American Samoa government, and are currently being cared for at the Vaea...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On February 25, 2024, a grandmother called the Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) to report her daughter’s ex-husband, who was drunk, and refused to leave her home.
The suspect was arrested and charged with the following:
Count 1: Trespass (DV) — a class B misdemeanor...