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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Speaking at last Friday’s ground breaking ceremony for the road project that runs from the Fagaima/Ottoville road four-corners, through the Fonoti and Leapaga family lands up to the main highway in Malaeimi — Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga (as shown in this ASG photos)...
![The teams (l-r] on stage: Sen. Fai’ivae Iuli Godinet, candidate for lieutenant governor and running mate candidate for governor, Senate President Gaoteote Tofau Palaie; candidate for governor; Lt. Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga candidate for governor and Talauega Eleasalo Va’alele Ale for lieutenant governor; I’aulualo Fa’afetai Talia candidate for governor and Tapaau Dr. Dan Mageo Aga as lieutenant governor; and Tapumanaia Galu Satele Jr., for lieutenant governor and candidate for governor, Nuauaolefeagaiga Saol](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/asba_forum_2.jpg?itok=H6h0-g03 "The teams (l-r] on stage: Sen. Fai’ivae Iuli Godinet, candidate for lieutenant governor and running mate candidate for governor, Senate President Gaoteote Tofau Palaie; candidate for governor; Lt. Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga candidate for governor and Talauega Eleasalo Va’alele Ale for lieutenant governor; I’aulualo Fa’afetai Talia candidate for governor and Tapaau Dr. Dan Mageo Aga as lieutenant governor; and Tapumanaia Galu Satele Jr., for lieutenant governor and candidate for governor, Nuauaolefeagaiga Saoluaga Nua. [courtesy photo]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The four gubernatorial teams vying in the Nov. 3rd general election all acknowledge the seriousness of the drug problem in American Samoa and some candidates advocate — among other things — treatment and rehabilitation for drug addicts.
The teams were asked during the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A local businesswoman who is stranded off island due to the COVID-19 pandemic has questioned the actions by the American Samoa Immigration Office to transfer sponsorship for one of her employees without her approval while the employee’s immigration identification (I.D)...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Parents and Teachers Association of Tafuna High School has launched an online petition calling on Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga not to use the school’s lower campus to house new Education Department (ASDOE) facilities but reserve the area for future school expansion....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Five fishermen appeared in District Court this week accused of violating the Public Health Emergency Plan by leaving their boats while they were under quarantine.
The five fisherman are Indonesia Nationals and each was charged with one count of violating the Public...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Tuesday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata congratulated three local organizations upon federal grant notifications for their youth programs teaching sexual risk avoidance. Together, the three grants total $929,206 for these efforts in American Samoa.
The three grants are as...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Faced with the lack of medication, the Veterinary Clinic at the Agriculture Department compound in Tafuna has turned away, as of last week Friday, more than 100 people, who sought — among other things — vaccinations and surgeries for pets, according to one of the four...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Members of the locally based Tautai o Samoa Longline Fishing Association say they are “pleased” with the recent “reversal” by the US Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals of a ruling issued about three years ago by the federal court in Honolulu over the Large Vessel Prohibited...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 45-year-old man accused of punching a 16-year-old boy and then striking the boy with a piece of lumber has entered into a plea agreement with the government.
Tipasa Laulu who has been in custody since his arrest, unable to post a $10,000 surety bond appeared in court...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 39-year-old man who is on probation for a drug conviction was arrested by police last month on the allegation that he unlawfully entered a house and assaulted his ex-wife who was with her boyfriend.
However, when police apprehended the defendant, drugs were allegedly...