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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Paramount Builders is proud to sponsor coverage of all of the 2022 American Samoa High School Graduations, and wishes all graduates a successful journey into the future. Be Safe. The home of the Lions, Leone High School concluded its school year with 155 graduates. "E le...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who was arrested by police in violation of the curfew imposed during COVID-19 Code RED declaration is now charged for violating local drug laws after police found a glass pipe containing meth on him.
Simona Lauago made his initial appearance in court last month.
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A proposal to modify how amendments are made to the Constitution of American Samoa — or the amendment pathway — is one of the proposals submitted by the Constitutional Conventional Committee last week.
Tapa’au Dr Dan Aga outlined the chronology of events from when the...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata welcomed a response to her request to the Secretary of the Navy to name ships after the territories. In his response, Secretary of the Navy Carlos del Toro agreed the request was ‘especially fitting’ and promised ‘every consideration’ in the next...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Territorial Correctional Facility and Juvenile Detention Center will be overseen next month by the newly created American Samoa Corrections Agency, while awaiting the establishment of the Department of Corrections through legislation, according to Gov. Lemanu Peleti...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Paramount Builders is proud to sponsor coverage of all of the 2022 American Samoa High School Graduations, and wishes all graduates a successful journey into the future. Seventy-eight students from the home of the Wildcats, Nuuuli Vocational Technical High School made up...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Department of Public Safety is appealing to parents of graduates throughout the territory to be vigilant during graduation season over underage drinking and illegal drug use.
“The Police are conducting the normal traffic enforcement, but we can only do so much and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Christopher James Foeoletini Ledoux Foundation (The Foeoletini Foundation) has conducted its first month of online coordination and telehealth consultation with an off-island certified substance abuse disorder/ addiction clinician at its headquarters in Fagatogo,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — James Faaletatau, a 42-year-old man, accused of assaulting another man with a machete over a year ago in Kokoland, is now in custody after he was arrested last month for a traffic violation — expired license plate tags — and illegal drugs were found in his possession and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Health Department’s weekly COVID-19 Situational Report for June 6 to June 12 shows that out of the 3,106 individuals tested, only 73 new confirmed COVID cases were reported from LBJ Medical Center and DoH clinics, with no new fatalities relating to the deadly virus....