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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On November 14, 2024, a female individual contacted the Fagatogo Police Station (FPS) to report that her son-in-law allegedly assaulted her daughter while she was carrying her 1-year-old daughter.
The suspect was later arrested and charged with:
Count 1 & 2: Assault...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On November 15, 2024, police officers responded to a domestic violence case where the husband allegedly choked his wife for refusing to have sex.
The suspect was later arrested and charged with:
Count 1: Assault in the Third Degree ( As an A Misd.) (DV), a class A...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The governor's nomination of Tapusalaia Maneafaiga as Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation was narrowly rejected by the Senate yesterday with a 9- 7 vote. Tapusalaia needed 10 votes to be confirmed.
Initially, the director nominee's chances of being...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The governor's nomination of former Public Works Director Taeaotui Punaofo Tilei to head the department once again was confirmed by the Senate in a 12-4 vote last Thursday.
Taeaotui, who served as DPW Director during the Tauese and Togiola administration in 1997,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Senate last Friday confirmed two cabinet nominations from the Pula & Pulu administration. They were Panisia Neueli for Director of Human and Social Services and Tapumanaia Galu Satele for Director of Youth and Women's Affairs.
PANISIA NEUELI:
In her opening...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — After unanimous confirmation by the Senate (16-0), Acting Commissioner of Public Safety Ta’aga Sa’ite Moliga headed to the House for two days of confirmation hearings.
Faipule spent little time questioning Ta’aga’s experience and credentials. Having served eight years...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On November 9, 2024, a female individual contacted the Tafuna Police Substation regarding another female individual who allegedly assaulted the clients and staff of the Shelter for Women and Children.
The suspect was later arrested and charged with: Count 1, 2, 3, &...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming the bipartisan Senate confirmation of former North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, by a vote of 79-18, as Secretary of the Interior.
“I’m happy to see Secretary Burgum promptly confirmed, and with an administration change, it’s best for...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S. Army reported the death of a soldier this past Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, at Fort Liberty, North Carolina. Spc. Faamavaega Tanielu, a paratrooper with the 82nd Airborne Division Artillery Brigade, passed away following an early morning incident on post, according...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Despite an amendment passed in 2022 by the voters of American Sāmoa to allow the Swains Island constituency to vote in the House, Faipule Suʻa Alex Jennings has still not been able to vote in the recent confirmation hearings of Governor Pulaali’i Nikolao Pula’s cabinet...