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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On Friday, August 2nd the Teacher Education Department (TED) at the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) concluded its five-week STEAM Guitar Building Program. STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math, and the program gave 18 high school...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The dedication ceremony for the new High Court building in Fagatogo took place this week Wednesday, attended by key figures of the American Samoa government.
Present were Governor Lemanu P.S. Mauga, Senate President Tuaolo Manaia Fruean, Speaker Savali Talavou Ale and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu P.S. Mauga has unveiled a local budget of $165,907,000 for the American Samoa Government (ASG) for the fiscal year 2025. This proposed budget reflects a significant increase from the FY2024 local budget, which was set at $143,000,000. However, the pressing...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Groundbreaking for a new ASDOE building in Tafuna took place recently and the building will be one of the first of its kind in American Samoa, according to Gov. Lemanu P.S. Mauga.
Governor Lemanu was the keynote speaker, reminiscing about how the location of the new...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa's Attorney General Fainu'ulelei Alailima Utu has revealed that his office will not pursue criminal charges against three individuals named in a Department of Homeland Security (D.H.S.) report concerning the Kite Runner's voyage to and from Samoa in April...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Climate change is a hot topic on college campuses. But when Audrey-Rose Sevaaetasi started school in North Carolina, she felt like few students could relate to her perspective on the issue.
As an Indigenous Pacific Islander from American Samoa, where sea level rise and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Leauma Ben Alefosio has filed a third civil suit in the US District Court in Honolulu against the American Samoa Government, this time including the Hawai’i Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (H-EEOC) in pursuit of his alleged wrongful termination from the Public...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On June 25, 2024 at about 8:13am, Nauru Tea contacted the Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) to report that his older brother, Gavin Tea, was allegedly causing a disturbance in their home by using a baseball bat to break valuable items.
The defendant was charged with the...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming notice on Monday of a federal grant of $11,553 for mental health services in American Samoa through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). This is a new grant awarded for two years.
“Thank you especially to Motusa Nua...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On June 21, 2024 at about 7:36pm, the Fagatogo Police Central Station (FPS) received a call from a woman whose brother had allegedly been assaulted by a male individual identified as Olo Setu Muliau.
The defendant was charged with one count of Assault in the Third Degree...