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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Two of American Samoa's top junior tennis players are trading shots and aces in the Asian Tennis Federation (ATF) 12 & Under Intercontinental Team Competition in Hong Kong as part of the Pacific Oceania team.
Joella Ioane and Hermann Thomsen were selected to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Oregon state’s motor-voter automatic registration officials admitted last month that the DMV erroneously registered 1,259 people to vote who were not citizens and were therefore ineligible to vote. (Officials say just nine of the 1,259 actually may have voted.)
On Monday...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On August 3, 2024, traffic officers patrolling in the Tafuna area were waved down by a security guard from the Flame’s Bar. A 19 year-old had been escorted out of the bar and was allegedly causing a disturbance outside.
The defendant was apprehended and charged with:...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On August 4, 2024, a female individual called the Tafuna Police Substation to report her brother who allegedly assaulted her minor daughters and then threatened to hit her.
The defendant was apprehended and charged with:
Count 1 & 2: Endangering the Welfare of a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — After the Senate was informed that adding the veto override referendum on the general election ballot for 2024 was not feasible, it seems the Senate will have its way.
Governor Lemanu P.S. Mauga last Friday sent a letter to Chief Election Officer Dr. Lealofi Uiagalelei...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On July 31, 2024, a mother reported to the Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) that her son had allegedly been assaulted by an unknown male. However, the investigation revealed that her son was the suspect.
Tofia Paopao was arrested and charged with:
Count 1: Public Peace...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On July 30, 2024, a concerned mother contacted the Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) to report her son who allegedly assaulted her grandson.
The suspect was apprehended and later charged with:
Count 1: Private Peace Disturbance (DV), a class C misdemeanor punishable by...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Standing among artifacts of her ancestors in the Jean P. Haydon Museum in Pago Pago, Congresswoman and High Chief Uifaʻatali Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen, the first Republican woman of Samoan descent in Congress, reflected on her rich Pacific heritage and the profound...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoan Rowing Association is proud to announce the successful participation of four youth rowers and one coach in a prestigious rowing camp held in Sydney, Australia.
Athletes Deshawn Vaisagote, Tupulua Vaouli, Nissi Pula, and Carneal Lili'o Satele, along...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As inflation is cooling a bit in the States, prices in American Samoa’s Basic Food Index (BFI) for September rose only slightly when compared to recent months with the monthly increase at 0.8%, from August 2024 to September 2024.
The BFI is a monthly rapid assessment of...