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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — StarKist Samoa management is patiently awaiting a decision from the Catholic Church Diocese of Samoa-Pago Pago, on their proposal to build housing for guest worker employees on church land they are currently leasing at Atu’u.
The piece of land for the proposed housing...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On June 1, 2024 at about 6:30am, the Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) received a call from Pele Finau requesting assistance regarding a stolen power washer. It was alleged that the culprit in the break-in was the reporter’s 23-year-old brother, Tevita Finau.
Finau was...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Carmen Cantor, Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior Office of International and Internal Affairs (USDOI OIA), delivered special remarks at the opening ceremony of the Territorial Climate Infrastructure Workshop, this past Tuesday in Honolulu.
It...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — After witnessing the chapel of the Church of Latter Day Saints burn to the ground early Monday morning, residents of Nu'uuli village woke up yesterday morning to the sight of another building razed by fire.
This time it was a building that many have visited since it was...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On June 15, 2024 at around 1:41am, a woman contacted the Fagatogo Police Station (FPS) requesting assistance regarding a fight between two male individuals resulting in an alleged stabbing with a carving knife.
According to the affidavit, the two men involved were...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Independent Prosecutor appointed by the High Court to investigate the administration’s spending of $36 million of surplus funds from FY 2023, without prior approval by the Fono, recently provided an interim update on his investigation to the Senate.
IP Aaron Warren...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On June 20, 2024 at about 12:35am, the Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) received a call from a cashier at K&B Mart in Futiga who was requesting assistance regarding a drunk customer who allegedly assaulted his co-worker.
The defendant was charged with one count of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Dept. of Marine and Wildlife Resources (DMWR) is inviting all community members, fishermen, environmental advocates, and key stakeholders to join them in developing sustainable solutions for managing stranded FADs (fish aggregating devices) and preserving the health of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Three events which have occurred at the ongoing Olympic Games in Paris, France have provoked sadness, disbelief, disgust and disappointment by the president of the American Samoa Boxing Association (ASBA) Paepaetele Mapu Jamias.
In a telephone interview Monday,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On May 31, 2024 at about 8:20am, as police officers were on stationary patrol in the village of Avau, they conducted a traffic stop of a Utility Terrain Vehicle (UTV) traveling towards the west due to the passenger not wearing his seatbelt.
As officers approached the...