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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 40-year-old man from Nu’uuli who was convicted of driving with a permanently suspended license is going to jail.
Paea Fifita, who has been in custody since his arrest on Aug. 9, 2018, unable to post a $5,000 bond, appeared in High Court this week where he was sentenced...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — At last Friday’s cabinet meeting, LBJ Medical Center Faumuina John Faumuina reported that wards at the hospital are full: Pediatric, Medical, and Surgical. And there are also many mothers in the Maternity ward.
Faumuina explained that an issue currently faced by the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Fifty students representing all local public and private schools, including Manu'a and even the American Samoa Community College (ASCC), gathered at the Tauese P.F. Sunia Ocean Center in Utulei yesterday morning for the opening session of a two-day Underwater Remotely...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Several members of the community, including some victims, have raised deep concerns regarding the fact that some inmates at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) are able to access social media sites such as Facebook.
While any and all electronic devices are not...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who was released by the court last week on his own recognizance on the condition that he be law abiding and remain alcohol and drug free, is now facing felony drug charges after he was re-arrested over the weekend for alleged possession of marijuana.
Apisaloma Fa’...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — It’s Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga’s personal opinion that last year’s Senior Citizen Christmas Program was poorly organized and the “entertainment was bad”.
And this is why he is calling for a better one, next month.
Lolo shared his opinion at last Friday’s cabinet meeting...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The 42-year-old taxi driver who was charged for unlawful possession of a glass pipe containing methamphetamine after his vehicle was pulled over by police in May of this year pled guilty in High Court.
Aleki Motuga, who has been in custody since his arrest, unable to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The case against a Sports Complex employee accused of defrauding the Workmen’s Compensation Fund of over $100,000 is going to trial.
Angela Monica Langkilde is facing one count of criminal fraud and she was scheduled for a pretrial conference in High Court yesterday...
Menls Park, CALIFORNIA — According to Facebook, the nearly 4 million Americans living in the United States territories do not live in the “United States.” Instead, Puerto Rico, Guam, the US Virgin Islands, American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands are each treated as being a separate foreign...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — One of the three defendants arrested after armed detectives of the DPS Vice & Narcotics Unit executed two search warrants earlier this year in June in Petesa and Tafuna is going to jail.
Sui Tago Jr, who has been in custody since his arrest, unable to post a $5,000...