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Amata discusses veterans’ health services and planning with Director Jennifer Gutowski in a visit to Tripler Center in Honolulu.  [courtesy photo]
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Aumua Amata visited Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu on Monday where veterans from American Samoa often seek health services that are not available to them through the VA locally in American Samoa. The Congresswoman spoke with Jennifer Gutowski, Director of...
Called by village residents — our temporary “lake” — it’s seen in this photo yesterday morning — it’s the Malaeloa malae. [SN photo]
Around 3p.m. today, Thursday, the National Weather Service in Tafuna issued a Tropical Storm Watch for American Samoa, as Tropical Disturbance 07F was upgraded to Tropical Storm 07F - which is “intensifying and slow moving” towards the Samoan islands. By tomorrow morning, Friday, the storm will “...
This photo taken Tuesday and provided by a local resident to Samoa News, shows the fishing vessel, Chui Zai Fa No. 1 just off the Leone village coast line.  The vessel has caused concern to local residents, who have noted a possible oil spill and damage to the reef, especially in the last two days of rough tides and strong winds. Samoa News understands some villagers have also complained of a ‘smell’ in the air, since the vessel showed up on their reef.  The US Coast Guard is sending a team from Hawai’i and
The Coast Guard, port partners and local authorities are responding the grounding of the 88-foot commercial fishing vessel Chui Zai Fa No. 1 about 300 yards off Leone Bay, Wednesday. Coast Guard responders are en route to American Samoa from Honolulu expected to arrive Wednesday afternoon via an HC...
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The jury trial of the businessman charged with attempted sexually assault of a 13-year-old schoolboy continues in the High Court. The defense called a number of witnesses including the victim, his teacher, the responding police officer and two residents of the Mt. Logotala area. The witnesses...
Territorial Bank of American Samoa president Philip Ware shares with reporters from local media the “Official Notice of Routing Number Assignment” issued to TBAS by the American Bankers Association, during an interview Wednesday. Ware plans to put the notice in a picture frame and display it in the bank’s lobby for all to see.  [photo: FS]
Territorial Bank of American Samoa (TBAS) is now at work setting up its “master account” with the Federal Reserve Bank, after getting official confirmation last week that the bank is authorized to establish the account, which is the second step needed for the government owned bank to move forward...
Rep. Fialupe Felila Fiaui Lutu  [SN file photo]
Female Rep. Fialupe Felila Fiaui Lutu is moving to amend local marriage laws, by raising the marrying age for females to 18 from the current 14-years old. Provisions of local law pertaining to “Requisites of Marriage”, state in part that the male shall be at least 18 years old and the female at...
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District Court Judge Fiti Sunia has dismissed one count of criminal fraud against one of the defendants — Jane Vasa — from the Department of Human and Social Services (DHSS) food stamp program, after the government was unable to provide sufficient evidence to the court during her preliminary...
Chief Justice Michael Kruse [SN file photo]
The 22-year-old customs agent that was convicted of importing a controlled substance, to wit; marijuana into the territory in March of last year was ordered to serve an imprisonment term of 20 months at the Territorial Correctional Facility and pay a fine of $5,000. During Titifalaula Siaumau’s...
Rendering of proposed new Fono Building [SN file photo]
The more than $1 million that the American Samoa Government received as dividends plus corporate tax payments in connection with the American Samoa Hawaii Cable (ASH-Cable) LLC have been deposited in an ASG “reserve account” at the Territorial Bank of American Samoa (TBAS). This according to ASG...
The jury trial of a businessman who is charged with attempted sexually assault of a 13-year-old school boy over two years ago began yesterday in the High Court. The government charged Salene Singh with 4 criminal courts; attempted sodomy, attempted sexual assault, attempted sexual abuse in the...

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