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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On May 26, 2024 at about 9:12am, a male individual identified as Ding Fudong, contacted the Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) to report the break-in of his private vehicle. Around the same time, the TPS received a call from a customer at Happy Mart who requested assistance...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samoa Police Commissioner Auapaau Logoitino Filipo is warning of a pyramid scheme currently making the rounds in Samoa.
Auapaau has confirmed that the Police are investigating the scheme though arrests are yet to be made.
The "Answer Club" scheme is a new pyramid scheme...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Deep Sea Mining, a globally respected critical mineral trade journal, has listed American Samoa as a leading global candidate to develop an Electric Vehicle critical mineral receiving and refining industry.
Phillip Gales, a noted Deep Sea Mining industry expert says in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Consensus has been reached by Pacific leaders with Japan to address the controversial release of treated nuclear wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean.
In August last year, Japan began discharging waste from about 1000 storage tanks...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a memo released last week to the media by the Governor’s Office, an announcement of “AS Teaming Up with CCCAS for Walk and Wave Against Drugs” was publicized. The memo in turn has caused a rumble of discontent in the community, heard through Facebook posts, with...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Lemanu & La'apui gubernatorial campaign kicked-off strongly on Saturday, July 20, 2024, with more than 3,000 supporters turning up at Tafuna, next to the Veterans Memorial Stadium to show their support.
Campaign Committee Chairman Malemo Tausaga greeted the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man was arrested for PPD and burglary after his ex-girlfriend, who claimed she was afraid he might hurt her, reported him to police.
The defendant was charged with the following:
Count 1: Burglary in the Second Degree — a class C felony punishable by imprisonment of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With over 74.8 million pet dogs in the US and an average of only 16 fatalities from dog bite attacks per year, your dog is not likely to be the dirty one in a fatal crime. But the fact that dog bites are among the top ten causes for emergency room visits tells us it’s...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — For the past several years, American Samoa Community College (ASCC) Social Sciences instructor Mrs. Tala Ropeti-Leo has made a community service project a component of her class Introduction to Psychology (PSY 150). The project has typically taken the form of a donation...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In May of this year, Fagatogo Police Station (FPS) received a call from the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in regards to a 14 year-old minor who was allegedly assaulted by her father.
The defendant was apprehended and charged with:
Count 1: Assault in the Third Degree...