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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On December 24, 2023, at about 1:00pm, a woman contacted the Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) to report her brother Lawrence McFall, for allegedly causing a disturbance and damaging louvers inside their house.
The defendant was charged with a count of Public Peace...
Washington, D.C. — House Committee on Natural Resources on Wednesday passed eight bills, including the EXPLORE Act on which Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is an original cosponsor.
The bipartisan Expanding Public Lands Outdoor Recreation Experiences (EXPLORE) Act, introduced in November by Chairman...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A Tafuna High School JROTC cadet has earned a 3-year Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) Scholarship and is the first American Samoan to receive the scholarship directly from the 8th Brigade Commander.
Cadet Colonel Olefa Fepuleai, the THS JROTC Task Force...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The 2024 State of the Territory Comprehensive Report (TCR) provides a look at the Lemanu & Talauega Administration’s key projects for improving and safeguarding the lives of “our people”, with most under development or in progress.
The lengthy document of more than...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The governor’s nomination of Ruth Matagi as member of the Territorial Bank of American Samoa’s Board of Directors was approved by the Senate last Wednesday in a vote of 14-1.
During her confirmation hearing, Senator Poumele Pete Poumele advised her that if she is...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A local organization has entered into a strategic partnership with Critical Minerals Ventures, LLC. (CMV), a Golden, Colorado-based consulting firm that specializes in international business development at the crossroads of Technology, Energy, Renewables, Automotive, and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A new trial has started for two defendants convicted of the attempted murder of a security guard at the Kona Seaside Hotel on the Big Island of Hawaii.
Hawaii newspapers are reporting that the state’s Intermediate Court of Appeals ordered a new trial for two of three...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu P.S. Mauga, through an Executive Order, has declared “An Ongoing State Of Disaster Emergency Related To Adverse Weather Condition Causing Flooding And Landslide Hazards” dated Jan. 15, 2024.
The Territory has been experienced heavy rainfall, strong wins and...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata, who serves in the House Foreign Affairs Committee, including as Vice Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Indo-Pacific, as well as a Co-Chairman of the Pacific Islands Caucus, released the following statement Tuesday on Taiwan:
“The peoples of the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) Tropical Medical Center officially reopening its Pediatrics Ward on Tuesday, January 16, 2024, “marking a significant milestone after more than two years of strategic closure,” according to the only medical center in the territory. “This...