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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An intoxicated man was arrested in Malaeimi last month after he went into the house where his wife and children were with a knife in his hand and threatened to harm them for not allowing him back into their family.
The defendant made his initial appearance in court last...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Government has filed a motion to quash in part and comply in part with the Senate Select Investigative Committee’s (SSIC) ‘Subpoena Duces Tecum’ in regards to the TALOFAPass contract to the DataHouse Consulting Inc.
(A subpoena Duces Tecum is an order...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Results for two out of seventeen Representative Districts in yesterday’s 2022 Mid Term Election were not called until this morning — when they were announced on the government-owned television station.
Representative District #12 - Ituau at the Nu’uuli polling station,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Secretary of Interior’s power to appoint the Chief Justice; decide appeal cases and override the governor’s veto remains intact under the American Samoa Constitution.
The results of the referendum which proposed 11 amendments to the constitution as endorsed by the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Territorial Bank of American Samoa has been granted permission to order a second, sizable coin shipment for the Territory.
This was confirmed in a statement issued by the only bank in the territory.
“The bank has submitted the order request, and the shipment is...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Department of Commerce is gearing up for the 2022 BizFest with the focus on local businesses.
The event is scheduled on November 19, 2022 with the theme, "Empowering Local Entrepreneurship”.
This was confirmed by Commerce Director Petti Matila in response to Samoa...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Traffic officers called for a DPS Vice and Narcotics Unit (VNU) officer after drugs were allegedly found inside a vehicle during a traffic stop on the early morning of Sept. 30, 2022.
According to traffic officers, they were patrolling the Leone public highway when they...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 26-year-old man accused of punching a male clerk in a store in the Tafuna area and then taking off with $460 cash four months ago was arrested last month pursuant to an arrest warrant. During his apprehension, cops discovered a glass pipe containing methamphetamine (...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The cost of basic food items continues to increase in American Samoa, as confirmed by the Basic Food Index (BFI) report for October, released last Friday by the Commerce Department’s Statistical Division.
And the latest BFI shows a monthly increase of 0.4% over September...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Today, American Samoans voters will cast their ballots for their respective House of Representative members, the Congressional delegate, and consider the 11 amendments to the Constitutional referendum.
Office of Political Status and Constitutional Review executive...