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Pago Pago, American Samoa — Fiji-based Amalgamated Telecom Holdings Limited (ATH), has established a U.S holding company that will take over Bluesky Communications’ assets in American Samoa, according to the company’s latest filing with the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC), which has yet...
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METHODIST KUKA MIKA
The 24-year-old man who was arrested by police on Dec. 31, 2017 for violating local drug laws told the court that the allegations against him are true.
Methodist Kuka Mika was initially charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance, to wit; methamphetamine, and...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In about two weeks, the Commerce Department plans to implement a new standard classification when classifying local businesses in the American Samoa Business Registry (ASBR), which lists all registered businesses operating in the territory in accordance to the economic...
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Applications are being accepted through March 15th for the 2018 US Pacific Territories Capacity-Building Scholarships, sponsored by the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council (WPRFMC). The scholarship pays for college expenses to complete a fishery science related undergraduate or...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa Government entities including semi autonomous agencies, that suffered damage from Tropical Storm Gita will not communicate their reports and costs directly to federal entities, but to the Governor’s Authorized Representative (GAR), according to policies...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 46-year-old fireman who was convicted of using a sharp weapon to cause head injuries to a 15-year-old boy was sentenced last week to 20 months and to pay restitution of $5,000 to the victim as one of the conditions of his five-year probation.
Ropeti Muao was initially...
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Armed DPS police officers participated in executing a search warrant during a raid on a house in Petesa last Thursday afternoon, looking for prohibited weapons, ammunition and illegal drugs.
The raid was carried out by DPS Vice & Narcotics unit — all armed, together with other armed police...
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The vessel, CS Responder, laying the undersea fiber optical cable for Hawaiki Submarine Cable LP is scheduled to arrived in Pago Pago next month, with plans to still launch the new cable service in the territory in June this year.
Hawaiki will link Australia and New Zealand to the US mainland, as...
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Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga (left) shakes hands with Inter Island Airways chief executive officer Alex Sene (right) after the governor signed the payment voucher last Wednesday providing $400,000 to the airline from the American Samoa Venture Fund (ASVF) program, which is funded by the US Treasury...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Attorney General’s Office is reviewing a complaint from a concerned citizen, accusing two senior police officers of abusing their powers of law enforcement over an incident that began with one of the senior officers, who was off-duty at the time, and escalated into...