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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Of the 277 passengers who were originally set to travel on the Hawaiian Airlines charter flight Tuesday night from Pago Pago to Honolulu, only 274 were on board when the aircraft took off around 12 midnight.
Information received by Samoa News on Monday this week...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Government was not responsible for transporting Rep. Faimealelei Anthony Fu’e Allen and his wife on the FEMA flight that arrived at the Pago Pago International Airport last Friday afternoon.
This was a decision made by the VA (Veterans Affairs) because...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Tackling the problem of illegal drugs entering the territory was one of the top issues discussed during the House confirmation hearing this week for Alfonso Pete Galea’i to serve as Homeland Security director.
Galea’i was passed by the House by a unanimous vote, while he...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The US Federal Communications Commission has given the green light to the owners of Southern Cross NEXT to land and operate within the U.S. a private fiber optic submarine cable network connecting Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa, Tokelau, Kiribati, and California....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The passenger in a blue truck where investigators allegedly found two medium sized baggies containing white crystalline substance, 3 hand rolled marijuana cigarettes and drug paraphernalia has been arrested and charged with unlawful drug possession.
Freddy Isaako made...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Based on recent financial numbers from the ASG Treasury, Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga said that the American Samoa Government is projecting a $10 million surplus at the close of fiscal year 2020, which ends Sept. 30, 2020.
The governor made the revelation at last Friday’s...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who is on probation for stealing and burglary was arrested again by police on the allegation he violated local drug laws.
Ualesi Tifaimoana was a passenger in a white pick-up truck that was pulled over by police two weekends ago in Vailoa where two glass pipes (...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Aumua Amata on Tuesday provided an update on the growth in economic aid from the Small Business Administration (SBA), in conjunction with the U.S. Treasury Department, for American Samoa’s small businesses and nonprofits, due to Congress having passed several...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Territorial Correctional Facility inmate, James Glenn Barlow, through his legal team, has filed a complaint with the US Secretary of Interior against the territory’s Attorney General’s Office, whose attorneys were accused of “deliberately” concealing inconsistent...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A former local assistant public defender has accused a former prosecutor, who handled juvenile cases with the Attorney General’s Office a few years ago, of misconduct by holding secret interviews with three juvenile who are alleged victims in the government case against...