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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Customs Department contacted and notified the Vice and Narcotics Unit concerning a possible drug case at the Post Office on July 19, 2023. According to officers, a woman came to the Post Office to pick up a parcel, which contained 497 joints and a CBD vape.
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Several members of the House of Representative question the wording of a bill that is now before the House. The bill appropriates the sum of $278,000 to provide funding for the partial payment of various legal claims against the American Samoa Government.
In the House,...
DEFENDANT ESCAPES FROM DISTRICT COURT BUILDING
A man recently apprehended after allegedly making threatening remarks to his wife made an escape on July 12, 2023 during his initial court appearance. According to the on duty Court Marshall, the defendant was inside a temporary holding cell at...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — IT representatives from various government agencies, the private sector, FEMA and Federal Office of Intelligence and Threat Analysis personnel met at the U.S. Army Reserve Center in Tafuna earlier this month for a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) hosted Cyber...
SAN FRANCISCO — The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced yesterday $58 million in grant funding from the Investing in America agenda to protect children from lead in drinking water at schools and childcare facilities across the country, including $80,000 for American Samoa.
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa recognizes Gabrielle Fa’ai’uaso as their Volunteer of the Year.
She is an established local photographer, videographer, and well-known community member, volunteering many invaluable hours at NMSAS. As a friend of the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An arrest warrant was issued on July 11, 2023 for Seiuli Seleti, who has been charged in a string of burglaries that targeted several businesses in the Fagatogo area — including the ASG Territorial Registrar’s Office and the U.S. Post Office.
After the warrant was issued...
Pago Page, AMERICAN SAMOA — An administration bill, which would “create new provisions for the Director of the Department of Homeland Security to designate their employees as Homeland Security Police Officers exercising powers of arrest for violations discovered while in the process of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A Special Election will be held in September for House District #1 Manu’a — which comprises Ta’u, Faleasao and Fitiuta — to fill the vacant faipule seat left open following the passing of Rep. Alumamalu Ale Filoialii on June 28, whose funeral service was held July 12....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Senate last Friday confirmed the governor’s nomination of Falenaoti S.A. Loi-On Fruean and Terry Van Eaton as members of the American Samoa Economic Development Authority (ASEDA) Board of Directors.
Before the Senate session, a brief hearing by the Government...