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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Two men accused of burglarizing a home in Lauli’i last month and stealing a huge safe containing several important items including coins worth $5,000 were arrested last week.
Willie Asiata and Tangiki Ahotau made their initial appearances before Judge Elvis P. Patea in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Department of Public Safety (DPS) is already gearing up for the 48th Pacific Islands Chiefs of Police Conference, which will be hosted in the territory later this month, August 21-23 under the theme: “Preventing Drug Harm Within Our Communities.”
DPS staff members —...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who attempted to pick a fight with his 56-year-old uncle and then assaulted his brother-in-law has been ordered to serve 45 days at the TCF for violating conditions of his probation. He is also placed on probation for 24 months after he pled guilty to private peace...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A Manu'a lawmaker says he would support the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) becoming a standalone agency in order to decrease the number of prison breaks.
Representative Vesi Fautanu said he backs the proposal made by the Commissioner of Public Safety, Le'i Sonny...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa’s 2019 mid-year populations stands at over 58,000 — a loss of 1,000 residents — and the female population is higher than the male population, according to the latest data released by the Statistics Division of the Commerce Department.
Samoa News reported...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An overstayer from Samoa accused of assaulting another man and damaging his vehicle told the court that he did what he did because the victim’s son forced his way into his home and stole from him.
Aso Maanaima Jr appeared in District Court this week for a pretrial...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 45-year-old mechanic who was pulled over for a traffic violation is being criminally charged, after police allegedly found drugs inside the vehicle.
Tavita Vui appeared in District Court last week Tuesday for a traffic citation, and ordered to return to court the next...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Did your village experience flooding in early July? Many residents noticed the extremely high tides around our coasts in early and late July (June 30 – July 6, and July 31 – August 2). Areas on the south and east-facing portions of our islands experienced the worst...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Aumua Amata was pleased to welcome a federal grant of approximately $4 million for the American Samoa Department of Education.
This grant is through the Office of Head Start, a program within the Administration for Children and Families, which is part of the U.S....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — This week is National Health Center Week themed: “Rooted in Communities” and the crew from the local Dept. of Health will be out and about, schooling local residents on the services provided at the health centers across the island.
Yesterday, a team from DOH was posted...