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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Bail is set at $5,000 for Afasene Hunkin who is charged with child abuse and third degree assault for allegedly punching his 11-year-old nephew and then striking the boy with the flat end of a machete.
Hunkin, 29, made his initial appearance in District Court yesterday...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A woman who was scheduled to appear in High Court this week for a disposition hearing has allegedly fled the island. According to a verbal statement from the Chief Probation Officer (CPO) presented to the court this week, a movement profile from the Immigration Office...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Police Commissioner Le’i Sonny Thompson has confirmed that it's $40 for a driver’s license issued to a foreigner, who is legally allowed to reside in American Samoa, and the license is only valid — for example one year — based on the legal resident’s Immigration ID....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Following a Senate committee hearing where the director was asked by Sen. Tuaolo Manaia Fruean about why ASDHS agents are present at the Pago Pago International Airport, Local Department of Homeland Security (ASDHS) director Samana Semo Ve’ave’a explained that ASDHS...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed a federal grant based on damage caused by Tropical Storm Gita. The grant totaling nearly $2 million ($1.925 million) is for the American Samoa Power Authority.
“I’m pleased to welcome these federal funds to our islands to continue to help...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Judge Elvis P. Patea has denied a motion filed by Assistant Attorney General Robert Morrison to continue the jury trial of former Executive Director of the American Samoa Government's Employees' Retirement Fund, Luatua Filisouaiga Ta’afua.
Trial will move forward as...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Rep. Kitara Vaiau is calling for the American Samoa Immigration Office to put in place a program called ‘suspense file’ to prevent the number of overstayers in the territory from growing every year.
The Saole faipule who worked for the American Samoa Immigration Office...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A demonstrator in American Samoa has been holding a one woman protest outside the temporary House of Representatives calling for better health care in the territory.
Moira Maiava said she wanted the parliament or Fono to devote the same spirit and energy it was using on...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Through a Jan. 31st executive order, Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga “affirmed” the Executive Branch’s “policy" to alleviate unnecessary public costs and regulatory burdens placed on the American Samoan people.
The order sets up the establishment of a process to ensure a...
Washington, DC — Congresswoman Aumua Amata announced she has been named Vice Ranking Member of the full Committee on Small Business for the 116th Congress.
“Vice Ranking Member Aumua Amata has served as a dedicated Member of the House Small Business Committee throughout her tenure in Congress. Her...