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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man in his 20s who was the subject of a video that circulated online of an alleged police brutality incident, Sone Wilson has been charged.
Wilson made his initial appearance in the District Court earlier this week and is facing charges of public peace disturbance;...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The ASG Commerce Department and their chief statistician, Meleisea Vai Filiga have joined the U.S Census Bureau in urging businesses to respond to the 2022 Economic Census survey for American Samoa, as the outcome will — among other things — provide data on existing...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Repeat offenders Joeita Fa’aaliga and Joseph Iakopo accused of escaping from the Tafuna Correctional Facility and breaking into businesses in the Tafuna Industrial Park and Nu’uuli made their initial appearances in the District Court yesterday.
Fa’aaliga and Iakopo are...
Washington, D.C. — The North Korea Sanctions and Policy Enhancement Act, and the Korean Interdiction and Modernization Sanctions Act are two pivotal laws that sharpen and strengthen U.S. sanctions against North Korea’s regime. However, several of the reporting requirements in both Acts are set to...
![[l-r] Gov. Lourdes Leon Guerrero of Guam, American Samoa’s Gov. Lemanu P.S. Mauga, and Gov. Arnold I. Palacios of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/governors_in_d.c.jpg?itok=PlLRjy-E "This photo posted on the ASG Facebook page shows [l-r] Gov. Lourdes Leon Guerrero of Guam, American Samoa’s Gov. Lemanu P.S. Mauga, and Gov. Arnold I. Palacios of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, before the start a U.S. Senate committee hearing on insular areas. The governor of U.S Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico were also present for the hearing on the state of the U.S territories. Gov. Lemanu requested over a billion dollars of funding for Am. Samoa’s infrastructure — saying the infrastructure projects compliment each other and must be built ‘simultaneously’. [photo: ASG Facebook]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In his verbal remarks before a U.S. Senate committee Gov. Lemanu P. S. Mauga explained three components of American Samoa’s infrastructure needs, totaling $1.7 billion in cost and requested financial support from the U.S. Congress.
Lemanu joined governors from the other...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — LBJ hospital legal counsel, Thomas Jones confirmed there are three separate investigations of certain employees that are on-going as per a directive from the hospital Board of Directors.
This was revealed during a press conference with the LBJ Board officers and the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Rep. Larry Sanitoa is expressing concerns over the special provision authorizing guest worker permits, as the Tualauta Faipule says there are a lot of challenges.
The comments were made by Sanitoa in a hearing last week, where the House was considering a bill to amend...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Through a Feb. 06, “Controller Alert” memo to federal agencies, the Acting Controller of the Office of Management and Budget for the Executive Office of the U.S President, announced new matching funds waiver requirements for four insular areas.
The Alert, titled “Waiving...
Washington, DC — Governor Lemanu P.S. Mauga and Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata took part this week in the annual Interagency Group on Insular Areas (IGIA) meeting where needs and priorities of the U.S. Territories of American Samoa, Guam, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the Commonwealth of the Northern...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A father accused of physically abusing his 12-year old special needs daughter was released from jail yesterday after being sentenced to 15 days in jail — however, he had spent over 100 days in jail awaiting his matter in the court.
To protect the identity of the victim...