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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has, again, informed the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) that the territorial government prefers to establish a private-public sector committee, with federal participation, to analyze and determine the territory’s minimum wage level,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who has a pending matter in the Family, Drug and Alcohol (FDA) court was arrested by police two weeks ago and charged with criminal contempt. However, during a body search, cops discovered a glass pipe (commonly used to smoke meth) containing white crystalline...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — At Sunday’s government coronavirus task force meeting, Health director Motusa Tuileama Nua unveiled DoH’s new repatriation plan for American Samoa residents stranded in Samoa, based on the availability of local quarantine facilities.
And the new plan, approved at the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 42-year-old taxi driver arrested for disturbing the public peace in Nu’uuli last Friday night is now charged with violating local drug laws. When police officers conducted a body search on the defendant, Valaau Iakopo after he was apprehended, they found two hand...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man with a 2-year-old bench warrant for failure to appear in court for a disposition hearing back in May 2018 was arrested by police during a traffic stop at Nu’uuli and is now in custody.
Alex Muliaga made his initial appearance in court last week, and his next court...
HONOLULU, Hawaii -- Nineteen patients from American Samoa requiring non-COVID-19 related medical care and 13 escorts arrived June 9 at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii on a U.S. Navy C-40 flight as part of a Federal Emergency Management Agency support mission.
At the request of FEMA, the U.S...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed a grant this past week of $943,000 from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) for improvements to the Port of Pago Pago, American Samoa.
This discretionary grant will fund the purchase of a yard floodlighting system, rehabilitation of the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who contacted the Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) for assistance after his house was burglarized by two men was arrested on the allegation that he assaulted the two men allegedly burglarizing his house and stealing his cell phone and stimulus check.
On May 27th,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 42-year-old man who was pulled over for a traffic violation is being criminally charged, after police allegedly found illegal drugs in his possession.
Ameperosa Leota appeared in court last week for a traffic citation, he was ordered to return to court on Monday of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa can expect periods of locally heavy rainfall capable of producing Flash Flooding, along with elevated winds over 25 to 30 mph through the weekend.
Current trends suggest that the risk of heavy rainfall and strong winds will linger into the beginning of the...