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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A year that began with devastation from Tropical Storm Gita is ending with a cyclone of another sort — a partial federal government shutdown that has affected some ASG services and employees.
Like most years, we have a lot of stories about who was naughty and who was...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who appeared in District Court yesterday was instructed by Judge Fiti Sunia that his immigration papers need to be straight the next time he appears in court.
Kalava Sefo, 31, is charged with public peace disturbance and third degree assault for an incident that...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Local law enforcement has been busy this holiday season with traffic enforcement and refereeing disputes in villages across the island. Here are some of the latest
LINO TUFELE
An alleged assault in the far west village of Nua & Seetaga resulted in Lino Tufele being...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The pretrial conference for a man who appeared in District Court last Thursday morning was continued.
The court has been informed that Siliga Tulituli is an overstayer who has been in custody at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) in Tafuna for 167 days — since...
Pago Pago, AMERICA SAMOA — While death is often referred to as part of the natural order of our lives, it is not an easy event to accept, especially by family members and friends, whether they were public figures or otherwise. Each loss is keenly felt and mourned, with the hope that time will heal...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who threatened to "jump out of the police unit and commit suicide" will appear in court for his pretrial conference on January 10, 2019.
Manaia Lalokou is charged with public peace disturbance and resisting arrest, following an incident that occurred early...
Apia, SAMOA — A passenger died during a Samoa Airways flight from Auckland to Faleolo on Wednesday.
The incident was confirmed by the Airline in a statement, responding to questions from the Samoa Observer yesterday.
“On Wednesday 26th December, a medical situation involving a passenger occurred...
Washington, D.C. — The family of an American Samoa man who died three years ago after he was arrested by police in downtown Honolulu argue that the deceased “did not pose an imminent threat of harm” to the three police officers who arrested him, and he “was not trying to run away.”
The deceased is...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The High Court of American Samoa has given Henry OBrien a "chance", by placing him on probation, in lieu of jail time at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF).
In delivering the sentence yesterday morning, Acting Associate Justice Elvis Patea referred to two prior...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa's Talofa Airways is eyeing an expansion of services to the territory's Manu'a islands now it has a new second aircraft.
The nine-seat Twin Otter plane arrived in the territory last week, and is capable of servicing the small runways in the outer islands....