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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Neli Taue’etia is being held on bail of $5,000 over claims that he assaulted his son with a stick and it is alleged that this is not the fist time this has occurred.
The defendant appeared in the District Court earlier this week. He faces charges of child abuse, third-...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu P.S Mauga met on Monday this week in Honolulu, with U.S Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Region IX Enforcement & Compliance Assurance Division director Amy C. Miller to discuss various topics including federally permitted facilities in American...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In his written testimony last week to the U.S Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing on the state of U.S territories, Gov. Lemanu P.S Mauga explained that one of the biggest issues facing the territory is the federal American Samoa Economic Development Credit...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN — Equipment used for baking and cutting meat should be cleaned on a daily basis. This was the reminder issued by the American Samoa Department of Health Environmental Health Services, during their inspections.
Equipment found in in food catering businesses and bakeries require...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Lemanu-Talauega Administration has re-appointed Fa’amasino Upuese Galoia to the post of acting director of the Department of Search and Rescue. The re-appointment made by acting governor Talauega E. V. Ale, through a Feb. 08 memorandum, comes after the Fono failed to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The LBJ hospital board is refusing to comment on the employment status of the three managers that were placed on leave after internal investigations launched last month.
Samoa News made repeated queries to the spokesperson for the LBJ Board, Vice Chair Dr Jean Anderson...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — To assist American Samoa with federal environmental requirements and permitting and to also prevent delays in moving projects forward, Gov. Lemanu P. S. Mauga has recommended the U.S Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) establish a local office or a representative to assist...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A Samoan man who pled guilty to making a false statement on a U.S passport application has been sentenced to probation but public online court records do not provide any information as to whether he is subject to deportation back to his home country of Samoa.
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral Michael H. Day accompanied by Coast Guard personnel is concluding his first official visit to American Samoa since assuming the duties as Commander of the Fourteenth Coast Guard District in June 2022.
The Coast Guardsmen met with Acting...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The two men charged in the death of a man in Taputimu in 2020, have been sentenced to seven years at the Tafuna Correctional Facility.
Aperaamo Tonia and Ofisa Malo were initially charged with second-degree murder but they struck a plea bargain with the government and...