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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An intoxicated man who was picked up by cops last Friday night, Apr. 24 and charged with public peace disturbance and resisting arrest has been released on his own recognizance, under standard conditions.
Wayne Talitiga made his initial appearance in District Court this...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — ASG COVID-19 Task Force chairman Iulogologo Joseph Pereira says that of the more than $67 million American Samoa is getting from the US Treasury Department, over $32 million is for the stimulus checks, which ASG will distribute to local qualified tax payers and eligible...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Local residents who applied for the Additional Supplemental Disaster Recovery Assistance (ASDRFA) Program administered by the Dept. of Human and Social Services (DHSS) continue to show up at the DHSS compound – even though they haven’t been contacted to do so – and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Due to the COVID-19 restrictions, the trial of a man accused of violating local drug laws is postponed until further notice from the court.
Sefo Mikaele’s case was heard before Chief Justice in High Court last week, when the government attorney filed a motion to postpone...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man from Samoa who pled guilty to meth possession has been ordered to serve 20 months in the Territorial Correction Facility as a condition of a 5-year probation.
Faamatala Iakopo appeared in High Court last week for sentencing. He has been in custody since his arrest...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Two cases against two brothers charged in drug related matters are now in High Court, after District Court Judge Elvis P. Patea found probable cause to bind them over, following a preliminary examination (PX) for each man last week.
Faafetai Filipo, 40, is charged with...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An extended periods of rain and isolated thunderstorms, increasing the potential risk of flooding across American Samoa through Thursday evening.
Heavy Rainfall Impacts: Standing water on roads, Increased driving hazards, Possible mudslides.
A’afiaga mai Timuga mamafa:...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Two senior Department of Public Safety police officials have rejected claims from Samoa that Iraqi currency and prohibited weapons found in a police raid at Faleatiu village in Samoa last week came from American Samoa.
Responding to these “strong suspicious and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoan officials have reassured the public that urgent off-island medical treatment is still available through services to New Zealand.
Governor Lolo Moliga said he has received complaints from residents about the lack of a Hawaiian Airlines service because...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The man from Pago Pago convicted of burglarizing his aunty’s home and trading most of the stolen jewelry and “other stuff” for methamphetamine at a place called “Le Aute” was released from the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) last week.
Faiaoga Satele, a.k.a Fred...