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Seattle, WASHINGTON — American Samoa's Governor, Lolo Matalasi Moliga, has notified his cabinet that he has been discharged from the hospital.
The governor had been hospitalised at the Swedish Hospital in Seattle, Washington, where he underwent surgery and had remained for nearly a month.
A family...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Haleck Enterprises, Inc., president Avamua Dave Haleck has called on the Department of Public Works for “equal and fair treatment” for new commercial construction buildings after DPW issued a “partial certificate of occupancy” for the still under construction, Paramount...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Despite a clear explanation by the director of the Office of Public Information (KVZK-TV) to members of the House on the reason why church services are now recorded at the KVZK studio in Utulei instead of in the villages, Rep. Gafatasi Afalava — who raised the issue...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Savelio Vaimoe, a.k.a. Vaimoe Seumau is in court again.
In late February, District Court Judge Elvis P. Patea dismissed without prejudice the government's case against Vaimoe, who was charged with second degree attempted murder and first degree assault for allegedly...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Aumua Amata highlighted passage of the Plaskett-Radewagen Amendment during the reauthorization effort of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA).
Congresswoman Amata is the lead Republican co-sponsor of this bipartisan amendment introduced by Congresswoman Stacey...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed a $1 million federal grant to the Close Up Foundation to fund the program in the Insular Areas.
Congresswoman Amata and the American Samoa congressional office in Washington, D.C., looks forward to welcoming a Close Up students delegation from...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A High Court jury has found Sonny Tui not guilty of two drug charges: unlawful possession of methamphetamine, and unlawful possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute.
This was after a third charge — authorizing illegal drugs into the territory — was...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 25-year-old man accused of breaking into a home in Utulei and stealing property from inside the house has entered into a plea agreement with the government.
Loma Talitiga, who has been in custody since his arrest, unable to post a $10,000 surety bond, appeared in court...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Development Bank of American Samoa president, Ruth Matagi-Fa’atili and G.H.C. Reid & Company LTD, president and co-owner Olivia C. Reid were up for confirmation yesterday, to be members of the Territorial Bank of American Samoa's Board of Directors.
Later during the...
Florence, MONTANA — Beloved father, husband, and friend to all, passed peacefully with his children by his side in Florence, Montana on a beautiful Sunday afternoon.
Don was a long time resident of American Samoa from 1971 until 1991 but remained a frequent visitor for work and pleasure until 2013...