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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Concerns have been voiced with the US National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) over the short period of time for public comments on a major proposed rule making, covering several aspects of fisheries, and a Florida based fishery company says many people in American Samoa...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga was scheduled to depart yesterday for Apia to attend Samoa’s Independence Day celebration on June 1st - Friday in Samoa, Thursday in American Samoa.
This year marks the 56th anniversary since the Independent State of Samoa — also known as...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who unlawfully entered a house at night and attempted to rape a 15-year-old girl last year was sentenced to 28 months in prison, as a condition of a 7-year probation sentence.
William Otto, 24, was initially charged with second-degree burglary and first-degree...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) winding down its local operations, Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has urged cabinet members, who oversee ASG property damaged by Tropical Storm Gita, to complete their respective assessments while FEMA officials are still...
The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is mailing new Medicare cards to protect the safety and security of people with Medicare benefits.
The new Medicare cards no longer contain a person’s Social Security number, but rather a unique, randomly assigned Medicare number that...
Washington, D.C. — Speller #69, Michael Sun from American Samoa, correctly spelled "fougasse" Tuesday, during Round 2 at the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
In French cuisine, fougasse is a type of bread typically associated with Provence but found (with variations) in other regions. Some versions...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Falaniko Fetoai is now back at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) in Tafuna, where he is being held without bail. This was after Chief Justice Michael Kruse issued an order yesterday, saying the High Court will honor the decision made by District Court Judge...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The fishing boat owner who sponsored the Fijian man, whose lawyer told the court his client “wanted to get caught so he’d get a chance to go back home to his family in Fiji”, told Samoa News last week, during an interview that he did fail to fulfill his responsibility as...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Chief Justice Michael Kruse told the government attorney during Tolupo Hodges Jr. hearing last week that maybe this is the right time to ask the Fono to tidy up the statute concerning probation revocations.
Hodges Jr. was scheduled to appear in court last week for his...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Agreeing to StarKist Inc. for a long-term lease agreement of the Samoa Tuna Processors Inc., facility was the best thing in both generating and preserving employment as well as making the local tuna industry stronger, says Tri Marine International chief operation officer...