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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man accused of stealing a pickup truck from a home in Happy Valley, Tafuna, in was arrested by police when the stolen vehicle was seen speeding on the public highway.
Maselusi Tevaga made his initial appearance in Court last month.
Tevaga is charged with 1st degree-...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The children of a 54-year-old woman from Pago Pago whose family claims she was falsely designated as American Samoa’s first COVID-19 casualty, is calling on the LBJ Tropical Medical Center to revisit her medical records and give an accurate report about their mother’s...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Senate has followed through with a motion approved earlier this year, to send a resolution to Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata requesting appropriate legislation that would remove Congressional approval, which is required by law when it comes to amendments to the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Fuiavailili Keniseli Lafaele has received the green light to serve as a member of the Board of Trustees of the American Samoa Government Employees Retirement Fund.
Yesterday morning he was approved by the House of Representatives by unanimous vote, 14-0.
The Senate...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — One of the co-defendants in a 2021 case, where the windshield of a vehicle was damaged as well as a window of a restaurant in the Tafuna area is now in custody after being arrested last month.
Uale Falefata made his initial appearance in Court last month
He is charged...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The COVID-19 Outbreak Situational Report, as of Mar. 31, shows total cumulative counts to date at 4,413 confirmed community cases, 7 deaths, 1,510 treated with therapeutics.
Additionally, data shows 1,194 individuals who previously tested positive have now recovered or...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — More than fifty-five ASG ethics officers received Certificates of Completion on Monday, March 28, 2022, after completing a course in Ethical Decision-Making for Governmental Employees from Graduate School USA — Pacific & Virgin Islands Training Initiatives.
American...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Senators have rejected the House amendments to the Senate joint resolution to have the Fono meet year round.
The House of Representatives had its own views on the duration of legislative sessions, different from the Senate, amending the resolution to have the Fono meet...
HONOLULU — This past week in Hawaiʻi, Department of the Interior leadership convened a workshop with federal partners and teams from several of the U.S. Territories — American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands — to discuss strategies to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 35-year-old man accused of assaulting his aunt’s boyfriend was arrested by police last month, where he made his initial appearance in Court.
Fuifatu Vaega is charged with 2nd-degree assault and 1st-degree property damage, both class D felony, punishable by imprisonment...