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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — They always say to save the best for the last, and that’s exactly what Tafuna High school’s class of 2023 did, as they closed off the public school graduation season last week Friday on June 16, 2023.
252 Warriors of Tafuna High School gathered for their 2023...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — U.S Congressman Ed Case (D-Hawaii) has responded to concerns over the “perceived impacts on communities reliant on fishing” on the federal proposal for marine sanctuary designation for the Pacific Remote Island Areas (PIRA) — a move that would expand the Pacific Remote...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As the price of oil continues to drop globally, so too is the retail price at the gas stations for gasoline and road diesel, as well as a decline in the cost of electricity through the decrease in the fuel surcharge rate imposed by the American Samoa Power Authority....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Tafuna Police Substation received a call on the Juneteenth holiday from a man who reported that his son was causing a disturbance at their residence in Pava’ia’i.
Upon arriving at the scene at 9:27p.m., officers observed a male yelling and screaming profanities at two...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Foeoletini Foundation and the Brianna Lina Wilson Scholarship Fund have selected two local applicants to receive $4,000 each to help defray costs of their higher education.
On Monday, June 19, 2023, Manumaua Wayne Wilson, on behalf of Mrs. Lepoi Wilson and family, in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — This past Sunday, the Tafuna Police Substation received a call at 3:28p.m. reporting a disturbance in the neighborhood with someone yelling profanities.
Responding officers said that upon arrival at the scene, they met with the caller and she stated that she heard...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A historical marker was unveiled and dedicated in Aunu’u, American Samoa on Saturday, June 10, 2023, among a gathering of community and government leaders, friends, and members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The marker commemorates the 1863 arrival...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a brief statement yesterday, ASG Treasurer Malemo L. Tausaga announced that tax refund for Batch #9 — for more than $5 million — will be released tomorrow, Friday, June 23.
A total of 1,879 taxpayers who filed on Mar. 7 to partial of Mar. 29, 2023 — for tax year 2022...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — More than 1,200 StarKist Samoa cannery workers have signed a petition, which voices their opposition to the federal proposal for marine sanctuary designation for the Pacific Remote Island Areas (PIRA) — a move that would expand the Pacific Remote Island Marine National...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Mr. Xianglin Song, owner of the Faga’alu Drug Store, located next to LBJ Medial Center, contacted police on Monday, June 12, 2023 to inform them that his wallet was stolen out of his unlocked car, when he was carrying products into his store from his vehicle.
Song, who...