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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Jury instructions and opening statements for the jury trial of a man who is facing one count of vehicular homicide for the death of a man in his late 60s in June of 2017 began yesterday in High Court.
Folasa Galea’i, who is out on a $2,500 surety bond, is charged with...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 20-year-old man from Samoa convicted of unlawfully entering a home and stealing a rifle was ordered by the court to depart the territory and remain outside of its border for the duration of his 7-year probation.
Leisam Sioka appeared in High Court last Friday for...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The government owned Territorial Bank of American Samoa (TBAS) plans to expand its services to the Manu’a island group soon with the installation of ATMs, starting first with Ta’u island and later on Ofu island.
This is “pursuant to our commitment to provide banking...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The 42-year old man who was accused of assaulting his wife inside their house in Pago Pago village while he was heavily intoxicated told police that the reason he did this was because he wanted to discipline his wife from running her mouth off at him in front of people....
Washington, D.C. – David Bernhardt, U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary on Monday announced $35,665,280 million in fiscal year 2019 grant funding support to the U.S. Territory of American Samoa.
Office of Insular Affairs Director Nikolao Pula delivered a large portion of these funds to Lt....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — ANZ Guam Inc., parent company of ANZ Amerika Samoa Bank, has filed a counter-claim at the federal court in Guam, against the three American Samoans who sued the financial institution in March of last year.
Plaintiffs — Ronald Parker, Fa’afetai Parker, and Tualagi...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The government case against a Chinese fisherman accused for failing to declare that he had in his possession a huge amount of cash when his fishing vessel arrived in American Samoa at the beginning of this year was dismissed last week by District Court Judge Elvis P....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Complaints over the drastic increase of taxi rates, alleged to have been imposed by the Taxi Owner Association (TOA) — referred to as TOA Taxi stand — located next to the Tafuna Health Center, have reached the Attorney General’s Office, which is working with the Commerce...
Washington, D.C. — Last week, Congresswoman Aumua Amata and the Natural Resources Committee conducted hearings and voted on a series of bills, including passage of an amendment by Rep. Amata, along with a bill affecting the Territories on which she was an original cosponsor.
The Water, Oceans and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — This photo taken by a local resident shows a huge pool of water, on the road fronting The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Ottoville, just after rain fell last Wednesday afternoon.
The drainage area went through a complete reconstruction last year, with the...