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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The second proposal at the Constitutional Review Committee hearing outlined on Tuesday pertains to American Samoa land amendments, which would provide new language in the Constitution and is not supported by the Legislative Branch.
The return of family lands held by the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — After 100 days of dealing with the community spread of COVID-19 in the territory, Lt Governor Talauega Eleasalo Ale says the spread of the virus is dying down, however it is everyone's responsibility to remain vigilant.
During the weekly press conference with the media...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man has been arrested on the allegation that he sexually abused an 11-year-old girl. The defendant, Atapana Luatua appeared in Court this week for his initial appearance.
Luatua is charged with several felony charges including two counts of child molestation, a class A...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With the easing of local COVID-19 restrictions under the Governor’s current emergency declaration, the Education Department (ASDOE) has “restructured” its graduation plan for public high school seniors, with commencement ceremonies being held at the respective schools,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A number of concerns were raised during the Constitutional Review Committee hearing on the issue of the American Samoa Ancestry Amendment, held at the Rex H. Lee Auditorium in Utulei yesterday.
Article 1 Section 3, of the Constitution, states it "shall be the policy of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A woman accused of stealing from another woman after selling her vehicle to her for $32,000 is now in custody after she was arrested this week. The woman who bought the vehicle returned the vehicle after becoming skeptical that the deal was “legitimate” when problems...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As the “government and people of American Samoa seek to preserve and celebrate Samoan art and culture,” Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga — through an executive order — established within the Governor’s Office, the American Samoa Council on the Arts, Culture and Humanities, which...
Boston, MASSACHUSETTS — May the United States rule foreign territories without granting their inhabitants constitutional rights? Yes, according to landmark Supreme Court decisions in the “Insular Cases” more than a century ago. Without those decisions, our overseas territorial empire could not...
Washington, D.C. — Uifa’atali Amata visited U.S. Navy personnel in Finland last week and toured the USS Gunston Hall, as part of a Congressional Delegation that focused on veterans and military issues, and met with U.S. Ambassador to Finland Douglas Hickey and Finland Minister for Foreign Affairs...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Two women were arrested and charged for fighting and disturbing the public peace near an apartment in Malaeloa.
The government claims that the incident happened when the wife (named as suspect #1 in the affidavit) went to her husband (who was living with his new...