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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 21-year-old man who allegedly assaulted a student at Fagaitu'a High School made his initial appearance in District Court yesterday morning.
Viliamu Musu is charged with third degree assault, endangering the welfare of a child, and public peace disturbance.
According to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A woman who has been in and out of court for disturbing the public peace has been warned by Judge Elvis P. Patea that if she doesn't straighten out her life, she will end up in jail.
Vaitui Tavui appeared in District Court yesterday morning for a pretrial conference....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The House Ways and Means Committee is giving the American Samoa Government a chance to correct the amount of revenues they will collect from the petroleum fee hike of 2-cents to pay for the ASEDA 2018 bonds, before the committee votes on the proposed legislation....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A tourist from the cruise ship that was in port Saturday, the Celebrity Solstice, died while swimming at Two Dollar Beach in America Samoa.
It's believed that he died from natural causes.
The man, who was travelling with his wife, was 78 years old.
The couple's children...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An overstayer who allegedly assaulted another man for not moving his bus made his initial appearance in District Court yesterday morning.
Filisi Keneti is remanded to custody without set bail, after the court was notified by Immigration that Keneti's ID expired in 2014...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The government’s surplus of more than $3 million at the close of fiscal year 2018 is “preliminary” as the independent audit is not yet completed, according to ASG Treasurer Uelinitone Tonumaipe’a in his testimony before the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee last...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “Medicaid in American Samoa is very unique and not the same as the rest of the US because eligibility and claiming is based on US immigration law — which does not apply here,” according to local Medicaid Agency Director Sandra King-Young.
King-Young was responding to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — One of the men arrested after police raided a home in Tafuna last year in search of drugs and weapons has pled guilty.
Talosaga Vaili, 42, was initially charged with one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine), a felony punishable by...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Tautai-o-Samoa Longline & Fishing Association president, Christinna Lutu-Sanchez has told the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council the reasons behind the decision by the US longline fleet based in American Samoa, to decline participation in the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An administration bill proposing an increase in the contribution of members of the American Samoa Government Employees' Retirement Fund (ASGERF) was submitted to the Fono last week by Acting Governor Lemanu Peleti Mauga.
In his letter to Fono leaders, Lemanu said the...