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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Under a new directive, Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga is requiring sponsors to have immigrants they sponsor, vaccinated as a condition to reside in the territory. And if the immigrant refuses, that individual will be deported.
The governor also outlined, in the same directive...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 42-year-old man has been ordered to serve 80 months at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) for a drug conviction. Sierra Isaia appeared before Chief Justice Michael Kruse this week for sentencing. Prosecuting the case was Assistant Attorney General Laura...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The "Fesoasoani Alofa mo Samoa Fundraising" committee yesterday reiterated during its broadcast from the Suigaula o le Atuvasa Park in Utulei Beach that today, Friday, at 4pm. is when the event will officially close.
There has been no official word from ASG, which is...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Just prior to the declaration of the Territory’s current State of Emergency, students taking Fine Arts classes at the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) enlivened the holiday season with their stage production “Iesu le Mesia”, a celebration in the Samoan language of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “Persons born in American Samoa are citizens of the United States by virtue of the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment,” declared US District Court Judge Clark Waddoups of the federal court in Salt Lake City, Utah, in a 69-page opinion issued yesterday.
Under...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “Persons born in American Samoa are citizens of the United States by virtue of the Citizenship Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment,” said US District Court Judge Clark Waddoups of the federal court in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 69-page ruling issued Thursday, Dec. 12....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Owners of the Southern Cross NEXT undersea fiber optic cable claim in a filing with federal regulators that its cable system will not only “enhance competition” but will “vigorously” compete with other cable systems, such as American Samoa Hawaii cable and Hawaiki cable...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 29-year-old man convicted of stealing a laptop from a Tafeta home asked the court for a second chance so he can serve his church, and care for his parents and sisters.
Talaleu Vainiu, who remains in custody unable to secure a $10,000 bond was initially charged with...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A former employee of the Office of Motor Vehicles (OMV), a division of the Department of Public Safety (DPS), who is accused of providing forged commercial driver’s permits to several local drivers has entered into a plea agreement with the government.
Matthew John Tafua...
PAGO PAGO, AS — The American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency (AS-EPA) and the NOAA Coral Reef Advisory Group sponsored a four-day Erosion and Sediment Control (ESC) and Post-Construction Stormwater (PCS) Management Training at the Department of Public Works’ Conference Room last month for...