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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The case of two men charged with unlawful possession of meth has been bound over to High Court, after District Court Judge Elvis P. Patea found probable cause to support the charges, during a preliminary examination hearing this week.
Elliott Siaumau Jr. and Eddieboy...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The two former Tautua Mo Oe (TMO) Inc. cashiers arrested for stealing over $70,000 from the company have entered into a plea agreement with the government.
Both Malia One and Inosiaolouaiga Pauga, who have been in custody since their arrest last year, unable to post bond...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Speaking at Thursday’s cabinet meeting, under a tent at the Su’igaula o le Atuvasa Beach Park in Utulei, Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga informed cabinet directors, that the Governor’s Office is preparing for a visit by the US Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Robert Wilkie, who...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Associate Justice Fiti A. Sunia has suspended a 6-month imprisonment term for a man, convicted of endangering the welfare of his children. Instead, the man is placed on probation for 6 months subject to conditions.
Tavita Amani Jr. appeared in High Court Wednesday...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A family in Afao barely escaped with their lives Wednesday evening when a landslide came down near their home around 5pm during the heavy rains.
“I heard a roar like water gushing and then I heard the glass louvres breaking from the back room and saw dirt flying past our...
![[l-r] Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga, Samoa Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi and Lt. Gov. Lemanu Palepoi Sialega Maug](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/lolo_lt_n_pm_3010.jpg?itok=v_ldk_WI "[l-r] Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga, Samoa Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi and Lt. Gov. Lemanu Palepoi Sialega Mauga Thursday morning during the telethon/radiothon fundraising for Samoa’s national rugby team, Manu Samoa, which is preparing for the upcoming Rugby World Cup international competition. [photo: FS]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Government donated $100,000 to Samoa’s national rugby team, Manu Samoa, during a telethon and radiothon fundraising event yesterday at the Su’igaula o le Atuvasa Beach Park in Utulei, where a separate wheelbarrow donation from cabinet members raked in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who stopped by the District Court yesterday morning to visit the Probation Office was served a copy of an arrest warrant and subsequently arrested on allegations that he sexually abused his girlfriend’s niece.
Été Aumua made his initial appearance before Judge...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Territorial Bank of American Samoa (TBAS) has responded to its customers’ complaints over debit card transactions, recently processed and posted to their accounts, several months after the cards were used.
The government-owned financial institution also announced a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 38-year-old man from Samoa accused of sexually abusing a 16-year-old girl has entered into a plea agreement with the government.
Calvin Aleki, who told the court that he came here to work as a mechanic, was initially charged with rape, sodomy, and three counts of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Commerce Department director, Keniseli Lafaele, appeared Tuesday morning before the Senate Rules Committee, where he apologized to senators about the wrong ASG lease proposal that was submitted to the Fono for review and endorsement.
Under local law, any ASG lease of...