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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The student body of Faga'itua High School held a special family service yesterday afternoon in the school gymnasium for 16-year-old Melaiga Kome, who is presumed dead after search and rescue efforts in the waters - and surrounding areas - of Tula village turned up empty...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — District Court Judge Fiti Sunia appeared confused — and frustrated — yesterday morning after he was told that two defendants who were scheduled to appear for pretrial conferences are currently off-island.
"Is there not a list?" Judge Sunia asked an Immigration officer...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Assessments and training are ongoing at the local Dept. of Health for the establishment of the territory’s first Family-to-Family Health Information Center, tentatively set to open later this year in the summer.
According to DOH, the new center will support family-...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Fines and penalties totaling over $13,500 will be imposed on the sponsor of 9 construction workers from Samoa who entered the territory on 30-day permits and were employed without valid immigration ID cards.
Samoa News understands that the Immigration Board issued its...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Local attorney Barry Rose has described claims by an attorney made in federal court filings that internet in American Samoa is extremely slow and it's not unusual for the entire island to lose access to the internet and even phone service, “patently false”. Rose is a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Before the partial federal government shutdown ended last Friday — with affected federal agencies re-opening Monday this week — Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga had issued a general memorandum outlining cost saving measures due to the shutdown.
This was the memo, which outlined...
Washington, DC — Congresswoman Aumua Amata has been appointed to serve on the President's Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI). In January, the White House announced the appointments of 12 individuals for the Commission.
Amata is the only Commissioner living in a U.S...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Sentencing for Ioane Faimata was continued to this week, to avoid any "inconsistent outcomes".
Faimata appeared in High Court last Friday for sentencing, during which time he apologized to the court, the victims, his family, village, church and the Probation Office for...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Office of the Territorial Registrar has issued a “final” notice of the increase of fees in the services it provides, effective next month, after meeting requirements under the local statute. The move to hike fees comes after it was put on hold following public...
The groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the Nu’uuli Village Road-Coconut Point project. Funded by the US Department of Transportation, the project was awarded to Silva Group Corporation for $891,338 with a duration of 240 days. Work on the project involves construction of 6-inch thick...