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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — This is an information bulletin from the American Samoa Department of Homeland Security – TEMCO issued at 7:30 p.m. Friday, January 25, 2019.
The American Samoa Department of Homeland Security in collaboration with the Department of Public Safety urgently asks the public...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The court has set bond at $500 for a man being charged with public peace disturbance and resisting arrest.
Sangster Loia made his initial appearance in District Court on Thursday.
The charges against him stem from an incident that occurred in Tafuna this past Wednesday....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Team members from the Dept. of Health have been vaccinating school children from private and public elementary schools, in an effort to combat meningococcus.
Parents are urged to sign consent forms being sent home with their children.
Some schools are making it a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Among the issues covered in the Governor’s State of the Territory Address earlier this month was a brief status of the new two-story Fono building project, which has been on hold since late last year following concerns raised by the US Federal Emergency Management Agency...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Power Authority has signed contracts for two multi-million-dollar renewable energy projects that promise to reduce the cost of electricity for Tutuila residents down to about 11-cents per kilowatt hour.
Speaking at the opening of the Fono, Gov. Lolo...
Agana GUAM — The American Samoa U18 National Baseball Team is on island, and they have been sensational. Not only are they dominating play in the 2019 World Baseball Softball Confederation U18 Oceania Baseball Championship, but their excellence has spilled over into the community.
With wins over...
Pittsburg, PENNSYLVANIA — StarKist Co. has entered into a settlement agreement with Walmart resolving all antitrust claims brought by the retailer over the US shelf-stable seafood supplier's role in a tuna price-fixing cartel.
The StarKist portion of the settlement is valued at $20.5 million,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The man charged with second degree attempted murder and first degree assault for allegedly trying to slice his sponsor's throat is remanded to custody without bail, due to his immigration status.
Vaimoe Seumalu appeared in District Court yesterday for a status hearing,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A federal judge in California has ruled that the High Court of American Samoa has jurisdiction to hear a wrongful death lawsuit brought by surviving members of a fisherman who died when he fell overboard a US fishing vessel docked in Pago Pago and drowned.
With that...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency (AS-EPA) introduced new officers to its line of enforcement personnel in a ceremony held last week at the agency’s conference room.
As the leading agency in enforcing environmental laws in the territory, the AS-EPA...