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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Free basketball clinics for boys and girls, grades 5-7 are going on now through Friday, Jan. 5, at the DYWA gym in Tafuna. Tip off is 9 a.m. and play lasts until 11. Bring your own basketball and water bottle.
You may register your child at the DYWA Tafuna or call 699-...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — NOAA Fisheries is seeking comments on their proposal to designate critical habitat for corals listed under the Endangered Species Act in Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), American Samoa, the Pacific Remote Island Area (PRIA), and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Samoa Observer is reporting that like in American Samoa, residents of the independent state are concerned regarding the surge in prices for certain essential food items, particularly during the festive season and when there was a shortage in the supply of certain...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Graduate School USA has confirmed the annual three-day training session for ASG employees will be held January 16-18, 2024, at the Election Office in Tafuna. The Territorial Audit Office will assist in the training sessions that are designed for decision makers, such...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In December 2023, Tuna Salanoa was arrested for allegedly assaulting a man with a metal pipe.
He was charged with the following:
Count 1: Assault in the Second Degree — a class D felony punishable by a term of imprisonment of not more than five (5) years, a fine of up to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On December 12, 2023, a couple walked into the Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) to report a break-in and theft at their apartment in Fogagogo, while they were in Apia, Samoa.
A notification to the husband, received in Apia, alerted him of numerous transactions on his wife’...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In December 2023, an adult male was arrested for allegedly assaulting his younger brother (a minor) in Malaeimi while their parents were overseas. The defendant was arrested and charged with the following:
Count 1: Assault- Second Degree (DV), a class D felony punishable...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Chief of Staff Loa Tuimavave T. Laupola congratulated ASG personnel for their successful efforts to spread Christmas cheer throughout the island with the 2023 holiday decorations and announced in a general memorandum that now it is time to clean up.
“All departments,...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is congratulating Hilda Heine upon her election as President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) through the convened Nitijeļā following the November general elections.
“Congratulations to President Heine upon her election to lead the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — While death is often referred to as part of the natural order of our lives, it is not an easy thing to accept, especially by family members and friends, whether the departed were public figures or loved members of your family. Each loss is keenly felt and mourned, with...