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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who was released by the District Court on his own recognizance last month after he entered a not guilty plea to disturbing the public peace (PPD) and third degree assault is back in court for the same thing.
Vincent Tu’iala is now charged with 4 misdemeanors: PPD,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man accused of assaulting another man with a machete has entered into a plea agreement with the government.
Afa Lafaele, who has been in custody since his arrest in 2018 appeared in court last week for his Change of Plea (COP) hearing.
Lafaele, 52, was initially...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — While ASG travel is suspended to US states and foreign countries affected by the coronavirus, the Health Department has proposed new travel restrictions for flights to and from Hawai’i, and reduced daily flights on the inter Samoa route to combat the spread of the deadly...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Lt. Gov. Lemanu Palepoi Sialega Mauga has directed specific ASG offices to prepare the Veterans Affairs facility at Tafuna for use as a quarantine facility as the 12-bed Leone Health Center may run out of space if more people are taken in for quarantine — especially with...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — This Samoa News photo last Friday, shows construction being carried out by the Department of Public Works crew for a covered extension in front of the Fale Samoa at Suigaula o le Atuvasa at Utulei. Public Works director Faleosina Voigt told a House committee last week...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Instead of just shelving or rejecting administration bills, Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga suggested that lawmakers come up with a better solution than what the executive branch has proposed in order to address pressing matters for the territory.
The bills cited by the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Two brothers were sentenced to a term of probation after being convicted by the District Court for disturbing the private peace in their family and assault.
The two brothers, Mikaele and Manuele Aulaumea appeared before District Court Judge Elvis P. Patea last Friday for...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An alleged beating inside the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) last month has landed two inmates in court while the third inmate was transported to Intensive Care at the LBJ Hospital with wounds to his head and body.
The two inmates, Ryan Pite and Faafetai Lefatia...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Department of Human and Social Services (DHSS) along with the local Homeland Security Department (ASDHS) is finalizing a report for submission to the Development Bank of American Samoa, which could offer housing assistance programs to families whose homes were...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 39-year-old man from Samoa who is accused of assaulting a man using a steel handle of a broom has been arrested and charged with felonious second degree assault and two misdemeanor charges: property damage and unlawful use of a weapon.
Apineru Talifilemu made his...