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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council helped fund two boat ramps on the west side of Tutuila: one in Fagaalu and one in the Pala Lagoon area. Both ramps are open to the public, supporting commercial and non-commercial fishing and general boating...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man accused of disturbing the public peace at his residence in Tafeta — being loud and throwing empty beer bottles at his neighbor’s yard — is now facing multiple charges, including meth possession.
Manly Hosea, 25, made his initial appearance in court this week. He’s...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — This school year, the English Committee at Pava’ia’i Elementary School brainstormed on the most effective way to host Literacy Week, which was celebrated Oct. 15-18th. They wanted to come up with something to engage the little ones and at the same time, provide...
Washington, D.C.— Congresswoman Aumua Amata highlighted House passage of the Small Business Development Centers Improvements Act, H.R. 4406, which would reauthorize the much-needed SBDC program for four years.
As an original co-sponsor, she joined Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) on this legislative...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “The long-term survivability of the cannery is a key motivation for the positions that we take” during “difficult negotiation” for fishing days at the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC).
This is according to NOAA fisheries deputy assistant for...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Lt. Gov. Lemanu Palepoi Sialega Mauga wants to find solutions at the “national level” to address “ocean clean-up” instead of just talking about it or leaving it to be a problem for the next generation.
This was one of the issues cited by Lemanu during his remarks at...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 26-year-old man from Fagaalu accused of assisting his best friend, Faiaoga “Fred” Satele (co-defendant) in burglarizing a Pago Pago home 3 months ago is now in custody, after his arrest this week pursuant to a warrant from the court.
Anderson Ta’ala Jr, (a.k.a. A.J. or...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man accused of selling hand rolled marijuana cigarettes to two men last year has entered into a plea agreement. Faamanu Alesana, 32, of Tafuna appeared in court last week for a pretrial conference but pled out instead.
Alesana, a farmer, was initially charged with...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The minimum wage in American Samoa is now set to increase by 40 cents every three years.
New legislation to that effect, which was introduced by the territory's congresswoman Aumua Amata, has been signed into law by the US President.
Previously a 50 cent increase in the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “Fisheries sustains our livelihoods in all aspects of our lives" was the core message that reverberated through the remarks of Lt. Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga, who opened the 180th meeting of the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council yesterday in Pago Pago,...