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WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has tapped former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard to be the next director of national intelligence, a powerful position that sits atop the nation’s spy agencies and acts as the president’s top intelligence adviser.
Gabbard is a veteran who served for...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On September 8, 2024, a security guard, who was also the victim, contacted the Fagatogo Police Station to report an alleged assault by two males while he was working.
The two suspects were arrested and both were charged with:
Count 1: Assault in the Third Degree, a class...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On September 8, 2024, a female individual reported a dispute between her parents.
The father (later identified as the defendant) was charged with:
Count 1: Private Peace Disturbance (DV), a class C misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for up to fifteen days, a fine of...
Washington, D.C. — A friend and colleague of Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is to be nominated for U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. The announcement was made over the weekend by President-elect Trump announcing Congresswoman Elise Stefanik for the post.
“Congresswoman Stefanik is a friend and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A two-day Tropical Cyclone Season Workshop was held last week to educate and remind the emergency management community, media partners, and the general public about the potential dangers to life and property during times of natural disasters as the Tropical Cyclone...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a press release from the sponsors and coordinators of Wired To Your Future’s 3rd Veterans Day Show & Shine and Reggae Jam Festival, dated Nov. 12, 2024, they “clarify that the event was for the community and does not endorse or promote political parties and their...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On September 6, 2024, a concerned neighbor contacted the Central Police Station to report an alleged assault of a 60-year-old man by his nephew.
The defendant was later apprehended and charged with the following:
Count 1: Private Peace Disturbance (DV), a class C...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On September 11, 2024, a female individual walked into the Fagatogo Police Station (FPS) to report an alleged assault by her husband, who she claims also threatened to kill her and her kids.
The defendant was later apprehended and charged with.
Count 1: Assault in the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Newly elected US Congresswoman Uifa’atali Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen held a Thank You Event for her poll watchers, village chairs as well as people who were a part of her campaign at the Matai Restaurant located in the Fagatogo Square building, the old Tedi's of Samoa...
![Talofa Fe’a (front right) on a microalgae sampling trip in American Samoa — with Ella Ashford (front left), a 2023 Hollings scholar, and Valentine Vaeoso (back), a staff member at National Park of American Samoa. Ms Fe’a is a 2024 EPP/MSI summer intern with the National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa and University of Hawai'i Sea Grant. She studied the risk of ciguatera poisoning in American Samoa. Image credit: Talofa Fe’a]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/talofa-blog_post.jpg?itok=lIqJB8HN)
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “Ia Uluulu Matāfolau.” This Samoan proverb translates to: Go and look in the fishermen’s houses. To find quality hooks, one must seek them among the "tagata faifaiva" (fishers). Otherwise, you risk settling for less.
It encourages us to approach our endeavors thoroughly...