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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Electors casting ballots in the Nov. 6th general election will notice one major change at the polling stations — instead of three ballots, there will be only one ballot given to an elector to vote for the Congressional and the local House of Representatives races, as...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — District Court Judge Fiti Sunia has dismissed without prejudice the felony charge of first degree sexual abuse against the Governor’s Chief of Staff, Fiu Johnny Saelua, after the government failed to produce any witnesses during a preliminary examination (PX) yesterday...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The government has filed an additional charge against one of the three Territorial Correctional Facility police officers, who were arrested in connection with the shooting that occurred in Leone two months ago involving an inmate who allegedly escaped from confinement,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With “no effective controls” in place for Executive Branch government-owned and leased vehicles, the fleet is subject to “misuse” and “theft,” says an audit report of ASG Executive Branch’s fleet by the US Interior Department’s Office of Inspector General (DOI-OIG),...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Oil Contaminants were found Oct. 1, 2018 at Leloaloa, during trenching activity for the sewer main line.
According to information from an official at the American Samoa Power Authority (ASPA), upon discovery of the oil contaminants, immediate corrective action is to put...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The 35th Legislature officially ended yesterday with the 4th Regular Session, and House members seeking re-election will now focus their efforts on their campaign — while two faipule who are running unopposed have no worries about returning to the Fono next year.
The...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Breast cancer awareness month is about more than wearing pink, fun runs and proclamations. These are great, and important – they do get people’s attention, hence the ‘raising awareness’ part. But the purpose of raising all this awareness is to inspire ACTION! To...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — After a long period of investigation, criminal charges against the Governor’s Chief of Staff, Fiu Johnny Saelua were finally filed in District Court this week Monday by the Independent Prosecutor (IP).
Sources told Samoa News that following the case being filed in court...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed U.S. Senate approval of her cabotage bill to promote reliable air service in American Samoa.
Additionally, the bill, led in the House by Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) – who visited American Samoa...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A young man with several bench warrants including a huge amount of traffic fines owed to the court was arrested last week on allegations of unlawful possession of illegal drugs.
Fidelis Taumalua made his initial appearance in District Court last week. He was represented...