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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Acting Associate Justice Elvis P. Patea has issued a bench warrant for an Asian business man for failure to comply with a court order. The businessman, Mr. Kim, is believed to be the sponsor of a Fijian man, who is jailed at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF)....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Secretary of Samoan Affairs, Mauga T. Asuega has cautioned local residents who received federal disaster assistance as a result of Tropical Storm Gita, not to misuse federal money.
The US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved more than $22.22 million in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Hawaii Cable, LLC — owner of the current undersea fiber optic cable connecting American Samoa to Hawai’i — has given to the American Samoa Government more than $800,000, to cover dividends for ASG and corporate tax payment for the cable system’s...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 22-year-old man from Tafuna, along with several juveniles, broke into the SAAB Pago Store in Tafuna and stole about $,5000 worth of goods, none of which were recovered was ordered by the High Court to pay a restitution in the amount of $5,000, after he serves a period...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Three American Samoa Community College (ASCC) students returned recently from a week-long orientation in Portland, Oregon for BUILD EXITO, a program designed to support undergraduate students interested in pursuing research careers in the biomedical, behavioral, clinical...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With the “ASTCA/Hawaiki” banner in the background, members of the Malaeloa Methodist Youth group performed, during the April 21 ceremony marking the official landing in American Samoa of the Hawaiki undersea fiber optic cable, which is now officially set for launching...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The investigation that was conducted by the local Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in a case involving a Filipino woman, Joselyn M. Intila, who refused to leave the territory and her former sponsor and employer, Rep. Vui Florence Saulo, the owner of FSA Land...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — District Court Judge Fiti Sunia has continued sentencing for Jane Vasa, one of the defendants, from the Department of Human Social Services (DHSS) food stamp program case, until the cases against the other two defendants are finalized in High Court.
Vasa, who was...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has requested that budget proposals for the new fiscal year 2019 for ASG semi autonomous agencies be discussed with him this week.
Authorities, such as American Samoa Power Authority, American Samoa Community College and the American Samoa...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Two federal grants totaling $90,000 awarded to the Commerce Department will go towards implementing more tourism development needs in American Samoa and some of those needs have been raised in the past by lawmakers and private sector officials in the tourism industry....