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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 60-year-old man has been ordered to serve 40 months at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) for a drug conviction.
Sonny Mika Kelemete appeared before Chief Justice Michael Kruse yesterday morning for sentencing. Prosecuting the case was Assistant Attorney...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The US Environmental Protection Agency has reached a settlement with fish canner StarKist to resolve alleged violations of the federal Clean Air Act at its facility in American Samoa.
StarKist is leasing the Samoa Tuna Processors facility to refrigerate tuna.
Ensuring...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Close Up Program, under the Secondary Division of the Department of Education, opened the 9th Annual Youth Summit at the SFC Konelio Pele Army Reserve Center yesterday morning.
A total of 80 students were selected from public high schools — Fagaitua, Samoana, Tafuna...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A front page photo — and caption — of the Samoana HS girls volleyball team published in the Samoa News this past Wednesday, Oct. 9th, naming the Lady Sharks as this season’s volleyball champs, triggered numerous phone calls and messages from irate parents, players, and...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed two discretionary federal grants for American Samoa, each through the U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Department, for a total of nearly $520,000
The larger of the two grants will provide $400,000 in social and economic development support...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With the US Census Bureau office now open in American Samoa, the federal agency will start hiring staff later this year; and early next year, it will begin to send out field staff to identify places where people live, followed by data collection.
This is according to the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man accused of violating local drug laws was arrested last week. When police executed the search warrant on Malautea Atonio Jr’s home, another male by the name of Filipo Faafetai (who has an outstanding arrest warrant for a 2018 burglary) was present in the house. Both...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — One of the Administration bills being considered during the Fono Special Session, called by the governor, is legislation to amend current application procedures for foreign investment programs in American Samoa.
The bill’s preamble states that ASG has attempted to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Once a year for the better part of thirty years, Tony Tagal and his son Jason have made a trip to American Samoa in order to offer our youth something very special: a career path which students may not have otherwise envisioned for themselves.
Each year at this time, the...
Washington, D.C.— Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed notice from the National Park Service (NPS) of a $100,000 grant for improvements to the Lions Park in American Samoa through the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), and highlighted recent congressional action that improved that program’s...