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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa’s unique relationship with the United States has attracted interest from law students at Georgetown University in the U.S and resulted in an invitation for Tapaau Dr. Dan Aga, director of the ASG Office of Political Status, Constitutional Review and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man has been arrested, accused of assault and unlawful use of weapons.
Mao Skelton has been charged with felony crimes of Assault in the first degree, unlawful use of weapons (2x) and prohibited weapons.
Assault in the first degree is a felony punishable by...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A Samoan man residing in Hawaii has pled guilty at the federal court in Honolulu to the theft of public money as well as passport fraud and the case is set for sentencing later this year, according to federal records, which show that this case was the result of a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With a measles outbreak declared in the territory, Samoa’s Ministry of Health has issued a new travel advisory for passengers from American Samoa entering the independent state of Samoa.
The new travel requirements, outlined in the advisory issued late Tuesday afternoon...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In an Apr. 24 memorandum, Gov. Lemanu P. S. Mauga reminded cabinet members of the government policy pertaining to cash handling and daily deposits, but no explanation was available from the Governor’s Office as to the reason behind his new directive.
In the memo, the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Manaia Su’a is being charged with possession of controlled substance, to-wit: methamphetamine (meth) in violation of drug laws of American Samoa. The alleged crime is said to have occurred on July 1, 2021, in Futiga, according to the court affidavit.
Bail is set at $5,...
Washington, D.C. — Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming progress for the recently introduced Coast Guard Authorization Act, which includes a legislative policy improvement she requested for U.S. Nationals working on U.S. flagged vessels, along with authorizing the Coast Guard’s next two years of functions...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 29-year old man confined at the Tafuna Correctional Facility (TCF) has been charged with escape, and while outside allegedly committing burglary, stealing, and trespassing in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) compound.
Joeita Fa’aliga, according to the court...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In an Emergency Declaration dated Apr. 24 and publicly released after 6p.m. Monday, Gov. Lemanu P. S. Mauga declared that a public health emergency exists in American Samoa for “measles” — as the number of probable cases of measles increases to 31, while American Samoa...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With the territory’s public and private schools closed due to the measles outbreak, students are waking up in the morning to face their tablets, laptops or desktop computers from their homes for online learning.
Here, a student of Samoa Baptist Academy is in uniform and...