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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A pre-trial conference was held for Pepa Kakau Latu yesterday, Wednesday, May 31, 2023 on charges of one count of private peace disturbance, one count of criminal contempt and one count of driving under the influence.
It is reported that on July 10, 2022 at 12:50 AM, a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Paramount Builders is proud to sponsor the 2023 Graduation season. On Thursday, May 26, Manumalo Academy’s 8th grade class of 2023 held their commencement ceremony at the school.
The eighth grade graduation followed the protocol of high school commencement ceremonies,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Inter Island airstrip at Fagalii, Samoa is not one hundred percent ready for landings of commercial flights yet following a ceremony to officially re-open for operation earlier this week.
Several issues were cited by Senior and Chief pilots of the two airlines...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Pacific Island students visited John A. Burns School of Medicine, as part of the Pathways for the Advancement of Pacific Islanders, or PAPI Program. This was the first time the University of Hawaii put this program on and they are happy to report that many students left...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “Today, we pause in solemn remembrance and reflect on the legacy of all those who have fought and made the ultimate sacrifice.”
With little fanfare, and seemingly more of a private military-government affair, on May 29, 2023, American Samoa officially celebrated Memorial...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Scripps National Spelling Bee kicks off today at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland, right outside of Washington D.C. Local newspapers around the world sponsor preliminary bees in their own communities, just as Samoa News...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Samoa Observer just won’t let it alone. Once again yesterday they rehashed the whole saga of the American Samoa-registered Kite Runner reporting that the vessel entered Samoa’s territorial waters illegally last month without providing a certificate of clearance (CoC...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — This year, home of the Navigators, Pacific Horizons School held their 18th Annual Commencement ceremony last week, on Thursday, May 25, 2023, at the Malaeimi Stake Center. There were 11 graduates, who were welcomed to the evening ceremony by PHS leadership, teachers...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Three men have been charged with two counts of assault in the second and third degree.
On April 6, 2023, a man was brutally assaulted by multiple individuals in front of a store. Only three men were identified — Anthony Lalopau, Rasheed Salanoa and Palemia Salanoa —...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Four years after the previous Samoa government deemed it unsafe, Fagalii Airport was reopened on Monday, just in time for use by American Samoans who plan to travel there for the country’s 61st Independence Day Celebration.
In his keynote speech at the reopening,...