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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The High Court sentenced a man convicted of violating local drug laws to 5 years probation, after the judge in the case commented that foreigners convicted of drug offenses should be sent back to their countries of origin in order to save local resources.
Reupena Ilalio...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Cargo vessels including those for StarKist Samoa, as well as fishing fleet supplying fish for the cannery, are exempted under the governor’s COVID-19 emergency declaration.
This message was emphasized by ASG’s COVID-19 Task Force chairman, Iulogologo Joseph Pereira...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With the current 30-day COVID-19 emergency declaration set to expire Apr. 17th, and American Samoa with no confirmed cases, although the territory doesn’t have the ability yet to test for the virus, the questions now is — “What’s the next step?”
Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man is now charged with violating local drug laws after police officers discovered meth inside his vehicle during a traffic stop in Tafuna over the weekend due to the vehicle having two different license plates on it.
The government charged Barritt Siaumau with one...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Renovation work has started for upgrading a wing at the Health Department’s compound in Fagaalu that will be used to house patients at the hospital’s Behavior Health Center, which has been identified by LBJ Medical Center as an isolation facility in the event residents...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who was arrested during a traffic stop last week when illegal drugs were allegedly found in his possession told police that he bought drugs from the area called “Le Filifili” for his own personal use.
Tufa Aki made his initial appearance in District Court this week...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — ASG’s COVID-19 Task Force, Iulogologo Joseph Pereira has responded to a request from Tafuna High School Parents and Teachers Association president William Spitzenberg not to use the high school’s gymnasium as a temporary quarantine facility.
The Health Department, during...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed another health grant for the second straight day — $745,000 for American Samoa Community Health Centers — this time from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and once again directly through the recent congressional...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Customs Division of ASG Treasury Department began assessing scanner fees effective Apr. 4th, using the mobile scanner van parked outside the Customs receiving area at the US Post Office in Fagatogo.
“The parcel scanning fee — $10 a parcel as prescribed by law — is...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An inmate who escaped from the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) yesterday morning is now back in custody after police apprehended him at his home.
A DPS senior official confirmed to Samoa News yesterday afternoon that Eddieboy Vaavale allegedly escaped from...