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![[SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Pago%20Dist%20Court%20014_86.jpeg?itok=aDy42gqS "[SN file photo]")
Twenty-two people were arrested by police since Thursday of last week and appeared in District Court yesterday morning for their initial appearances. Of the cases in court, 15 of them were in court for private peace disturbances, 3 were arrested for domestic violence, 2 were arrested for stealing...
![Commerce Department director Keniseli Lafaele [SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Lafaele%206495_8.jpg?itok=IHQ17VDH "Commerce Department director Keniseli Lafaele [SN file photo]")
Assistant Attorney General, Jedidiah Bigelow is reminding stores that it’s illegal to raise by 10% the price of certain consumer goods after the governor declares a state of emergency following a disaster.
However, a provision of the law states that raising the price by 10% is not unlawful if the...
![[SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/AM%20Samoa%20HC_92.jpeg?itok=me9fYRwh "[SN file photo]")
POLICE ARREST CO-DEFENDANT IN THE POLICE CAR SHOOTING
Police have arrested the second suspect in the alleged incident that happened in Dec. 2017, where a police unit was shot at, while two police officers were outside the vehicle, investigating a possible break-in at the Tony Solaita Baseball...
![A US Coast Guard C-130 airplane crew from Air Station Barbers Point, Hawai’i, landed Saturday afternoon at Pago Pago International Airport, after conducting an aerial post-storm assessment. [photo: THA]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/CG%20Plane.jpg?itok=26Pa6Phd "A US Coast Guard C-130 airplane crew from Air Station Barbers Point, Hawai’i, landed Saturday afternoon at Pago Pago International Airport, after conducting an aerial post-storm assessment. [photo: THA]")
The state of emergency declared by Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga who submitted over the weekend the official request to the US President for an emergency declaration, which now has been approved — paves the way for federal assistance to Tutuila, hard hit by Tropical Storm Gita.
A full assessment is...
![This is the scene along the Nu’uuli/Airport road where fallen banana trees along with large broken branches from trees sit on top of electric wires last Saturday morning. There were similar scenes at other areas of Tutuila impacted by Tropical Storm Gita. [photo: FS]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/downed%20powerlines_0807.jpg?itok=5SOKrnfs "This is the scene along the Nu’uuli/Airport road where fallen banana trees along with large broken branches from trees sit on top of electric wires last Saturday morning. There were similar scenes at other areas of Tutuila impacted by Tropical Storm Gita. [photo: FS]")
Here is the 6pm (Sunday, Feb. 11th, 2018) update for each area:
SUMMARY:65% of Power Customers now have power85% of Water Customers now have water (some with low pressure)
POWER:Satala Feeders:F-4 - Satala plant to shipyard.F-8 - Satala power plant to LBJ hospitalSK - StarKistSTP - Samoa Tuna...
![Dr. Ruth Matagi-Tofiga [SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Matagi-Tofiga%206477_4.jpg?itok=EwUB8b02 "Dr. Ruth Matagi-Tofiga [SN file photo]")
All public schools in American Samoa will be closed this week after Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga issued a closure call yesterday, while full assessment of damage caused by Tropical Storm Gita gets underway this morning.
Education director Dr. Ruth Matagi-Tofiga says schools will be closed for the...
Tropical Cyclone Gita, which has already wrought significant damage in both Samoa and American Samoa, is now heading towards Tonga and then southern Fiji.
Tonga authorities have advised people to secure their property, move away from low-lying areas and to listen to the radio for information.
But...
Among the issues to be considered by the 172nd Fisheries council are the following of particular interest to American Samoa, plus any comments from the public on the issues.
AMERICAN SAMOA LARGE VESSEL PROHIBITED AREA
In the early 2000s, the American Samoa longline fleet included about 40 small...
![Saturday morning, a look at a home that had its roof blown off during strong winds from Friday’s Tropical Storm Gita. Samoa News observed several homes in Nu’uuli along the main road, had roofs blown off by strong winds. Similar reports were coming from other villages on Tutuila. [photo: Fili Sagapolutele]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/damaged%20house_0819_0.jpg?itok=Ob_BgUU9 "Saturday morning, a look at a home that had its roof blown off during strong winds from Friday’s Tropical Storm Gita. Samoa News observed several homes in Nu’uuli along the main road, had roofs blown off by strong winds. Similar reports were coming from other villages on Tutuila. [photo: Fili Sagapolutele]")
American Red Cross will be conducting damage assessment following the aftermath of Tropical Storm Gita hit American Samoa’s main island of Tutuila. There have been reports of many homes that were damaged with roofs blown off. Samoa News has observed several homes in Nu’uuli and Tafuna that were...
![Emergency crews rushed to the scene a large downws tree in Fagaalu around 7a.m. Friday to clear the road as well as move an aiga bus, which was hit on the front section when the tree fell in the midst of strong gust winds from Tropical Storm Gati. No one was injured. [photo: Fili Sagapolutele]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/downed%20trees_0798.jpg?itok=fMaFmAjE "Emergency crews rushed to the scene a large downws tree in Fagaalu around 7a.m. Friday to clear the road as well as move an aiga bus, which was hit on the front section when the tree fell in the midst of strong gust winds from Tropical Storm Gati. No one was injured. [photo: Fili Sagapolutele]")
Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has declared a State of Emergency for American Samoa following preliminary assessment, which found a lot of homes and other infrastructures damaged on the main island of Tutuila following Tropical Storm Gita, which moved south and away from the territory late in the...