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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — This photo posted Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018, on the American Samoa Power Authority facebook page, with a caption, saying “ASPA staff posing in front of wreath for Executive Director Utu at ASPA entrance [at Tafuna compound] after 5am Wednesday morning trash pick up....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Utu Abe Malae's passing is a great loss to our Utu Family. Utu was a
compassionate family Sa'o.
He always gave much more than us Utu Family matai for our faalavelaves. After a faalavelave, he usually would share his monetary gifts from...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Chief Election Officer, Dr. Lealofi Uiagalelei has set Oct. 27, as the date for the “open meeting” of residents of Swain Island to select their Delegate to the local House of Representatives for a two-year term.
The meeting venue is the Election Office in Tafuna and...
Honolulu, HAWAII — The Pacific Basin Development Council (PBDC) meeting, on Sept. 27 at its headquarters at the West-West Center in Honolulu, under the new leadership of executive director, Esther Kia’aina, focused on several issues.
Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga, along with the governors of Hawai’i,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa man, arrested here late last month and taken to Hawaii on a federal drug case, has been granted unsecured bail by the federal court in Honolulu for release from the federal prison with several conditions.
Federal Bureau of Prisons public online records...
Honolulu, HAWAII — The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council is pleased to announce the availability of the 2019 traditional lunar calendars for Hawai’i, American Samoa, Guam and the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands. The calendars' aim is to raise awareness about traditional...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — While StarKist Inc., the US-based owner of StarKist Samoa in Atu’u, has offered no comments on the immediate effect of the new minimum wage increase, the company notes that, historically, past increases have impacted its overall operations.
The new 40-cent per hour...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The government’s cases against two of the three DPS prison guards charged in the matter connected with the escape of a prisoner, who allegedly shot a man in Leone, were dismissed without prejudice by District Court Judge Fiti Sunia yesterday morning.
The case against...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Port Administration director Taimalelagi Dr. Claire Poumele says the late American Samoa Power Authority executive director, Utu Abe Malae’s mantra was that of a “problem solver” and he “believed in solutions”.
She revealed two on-hold projects, which were Utu’s ideas,...
Hagåtña, GUAM — The Nationwide Emergency Alert System, now "Presidential", dinged on phones across America at 2pm east coast time. But the mobile phone alert didn't get to this side of the territory. That's because residents from Guam, the CNMI, and American Samoa aren't part of the Nationwide...