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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man has been arrested for the alleged assault of his wife at their home.
The defendant was charged with the following:
Count 1: Private Peace Disturbance (DV) — a class B misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for up to six months, a fine of $500 but not less than $150...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Members of the Senate Select Investigative Committee (SSIC) have voted to close their investigations into two cases that provoked the ire of many when they were first reported last year, the controversial Nu’ufou matter and the Kite Runner’s infamous trip to Samoa.
The...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa has been actively engaged as one of the 55 state or territorial teams in the "Governors Challenge to Prevent Suicides for Service Members, Veterans, and their Families (SMVF)" since 2022.
To strengthen this partnership, on Wednesday, July 10, the Substance...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The village of Ta’u held a special ceremony Monday morning for the opening of an access road and the groundbreaking for the building of a Department of Health (DOH) clinic which will bring essential health services to the Manu’a islands.
Treasurer HTC Malemo Tausaga was...
Busan, SOUTH KOREA — Dozens of youth leaders have gathered in Busan for the inaugural US-ROK-Japan Trilateral Global Leadership Youth Summit, which commenced on Thursday. The summit, spanning from July 11 to July 13, aims to nurture potential leaders from the United States, South Korea, and Japan,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa’s delegates to the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin cast their 9 votes for former President Donald Trump on Monday, July 15, 2024.
On the first day of the RNC, Trump announced his pick for vice-president running mate, JD Vance, who is...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On Thursday July 11, 2024, the Samoan Monolingual Dictionary book launch was held at the American Samoa Community College Multipurpose Center in Malaeimi, with Governor Lemanu P. S. Mauga and Samoa Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mataafa present for the unveiling of a long-...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The 20-year-old man who tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump first came to law enforcement’s attention at Saturday’s rally when spectators noticed him acting strangely outside the campaign event. The tip sparked a frantic search but officers were unable to find him...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata welcomed notice this past Friday of two discretionary federal grants for childhood education/ social services and hospital preparedness in American Samoa, both through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), for a total of about $5.7...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Governor Lemanu P.S. Mauga has declared Manu'a Cession Day a holiday in American Samoa — Tuesday, July 16, 2024. All government offices will be closed with the usual protocols and caveats.
This day commemorates the ceding of the Manu'a islands to the United States...