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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has signed into law, a Fono approved bill, which raises the marriage age for females from 14 to 18 years of age — which is the current marriage age of males, under the law.
“This law will help protect our young women who are still growing and...
WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke has wrapped up his trip to the Pacific Islands where he began in Nauru as head of the U.S. delegation to the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) and concluded with stops in Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), American Samoa,...
Pago Page, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa Community College (ASCC) president Dr. Rosevonne Makaiwi Pato, has shared with lawmakers the financial challenges faced by the college, and recommended possible funding sources for a steady ASG subsidy, which is capped at $2 million for fiscal year 2019 —...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The 35-year old woman accused of trying to deliver a package containing methamphetamine into the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) waived her right to a preliminary examination (PX) and her case is now bound over to the High Court for arraignment.
Ieniseni Mata’...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The US Department of Homeland Security (USDHS) has granted an extension to American Samoa to comply with the federal REAL ID Act until Oct. 10, 2019, according to USDHS public online records, as of Sept. 5.
It says that American Samoa has an extension for REAL ID...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — This photo shows delicious barbecued turkey tails, and the prices have finally dropped after three consecutive months of being on the rise at the time of many celebrations and events not only in American Samoa but in neighboring Samoa. The many events resulted in many...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The man who was convicted of burglarizing a StarKist warehouse and NAPA told the High Court that God was the reason why he was arrested and put in jail, so that he could change his life and be a better person.
However, his wife told the court that she was the reason why...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 35-year old who has a criminal record in the court system is going to jail, after being convicted of driving a motor vehicle while his license was suspended.
David Meredith, who was in custody after being arrested by police last month for failure to appear in High...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Trial Division of the High Court has continued the case to another 30 days of an ASG employee accused of engaging in a scheme that defrauded the Workmen’s Compensation Board of a little over $100,000.
The continuance is to give more time to the government to put...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The man who is accused of giving students marijuana to sell for him has asked the High Court to set his case for jury trial. The trial is now set for March 2019.
Tavita Mariota appeared in court last Friday for his pretrial conference. He was represented by Public...