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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Police took into custody last Wednesday night two men following a fight in Ottoville, according to court information. The accused, Dick Asomau and Jason Faimata, made their initial appearances Thursday in District Court.
Asomau is charged with two counts of third degree...
Pago Pago, AMRICAN SAMOA — For their first public event of the Fall 2019 semester, the Teacher Education Department (TED) at the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) hosted an Educators Night at the end of August, which was open to all teachers from Tutuila’s public and private schools.
At the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Acting Executive Director of the American Samoa Power Authority (ASPA) Wallon Young says the island wide blackout that affected the territory this past Sunday evening was due to a lightning surge that struck the main switchboard at the ASPA Tafuna power plant around 10...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Chief Election Officer, Dr. Lealofi Uiagalelei last Friday testified before the Fono Joint Budget Committee on the Election Office’s proposed FY 2020 budget of $900,000 — which includes $549,000 funded by local revenues and $441,000 in grants from the federal Help...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A signed plea agreement between the government and a man accused of unlawful possession of illegal drugs was rejected by Associate Justice Fiti Sunia last week, when the defendant told the court that he had not possessed any illegal drugs.
Faletoi Misiluti, a co-...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — More than $140,000 is included in the local Department of Education’s FY 2020 budget to fund salary hikes for principals, vice principals, program directors, and assistant directors - all of whom have not received pay reclassifications until now - according to ASDOE...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has proposed salary increases for 12 cabinet members, who oversee large executive branch departments — up to $75,000 — for the new fiscal year 2020, which starts Oct. 1, 2019.
This is according to Human Resources director, Eseneiaso Liu, when...
Washington, DC — Congresswoman Aumua Amata hailed the success of a bipartisan request to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) regarding its administrative rules which placed undue constraints on Compact of Freely Associated States migrants seeking to obtain REAL IDs.
The DHS has responded...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who entered into a plea agreement in a drug case has been ordered to depart the territory and remain outside of its borders for the duration of his 5-year probation sentence.
Iosua Vaimili appeared in High Court last week for sentencing. He was represented by...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — To ensure justice and create a more compassionate and streamlined response, service providers must intervene in a way that speaks to the context of each victim's circumstance and respects the unique roles of the different professionals involved in responding to sexual...