Man allegedly threatens to rape a woman in Bowling Alley parking lot
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On August 2, 2026, a victim of an alleged sexual assault contacted the Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) and reported a male individual who had sexually assaulted



![This picture taken on December 13, 2022 shows residents standing past a makeshift seawall of old rubber car tires to prevent erosion, outside their beachfront house at a village in the coastal town of Togoru, some 35 kilometres from Fiji’s capital city Suva. Fiji has been meticulously preparing for the day it needs to relocate coastal villages because of climate change. [Photo: AFP / Saeed Khan] trying to save their home with old tires to block erosion](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/fiji_climate_change.jpg?itok=Fyg3ljKQ)
![Last Wednesday night, a fire erupted around 10:30 PM in the Lions Park area on Lima Street, becoming the latest incident in a troubling series of approximately two dozen fires reported across American Samoa over the last three months. [photo: facebook] fire across from Lions Park](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/fire_lima_st.jpg?itok=8W2tQW1k)
![Dated August 28, 2026, the letter is addressed to 6 members of the 8-member Board, and cc’ed to ASTCA CEO Folasaitu Sorepa Fata Thomas. [SN file photo] Governor Pulaali’i Nikolao Pula signs letter](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/_governor_pulaalii_nikolao_pula_signs_doc_26.png?itok=3HTFg5f0)




