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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man accused of burning his friend’s house with the intention of killing him and his uncle told police that the reason he planned to murder his friend and his uncle was to pay back what his friend had done to him — consistently lying to him and borrowing money from him...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 69-year-old great uncle from Faleniu convicted of sexually assaulting his 10-year-old great niece has been sentenced to serve 12 straight years at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF).
The court told the defendant, who is a citizen of the Independent State of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A federal investigation recovered $23,358 in back wages for eight employees of a Pago Pago employer who failed to pay eight workers for work performed before and after their scheduled shifts. The employer required the work but failed to record the time and pay for the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In his virtual remarks delivered to the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga called on the federal government to allow American Samoa “more flexible usage” of federal funding awarded to the territory from the...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata highlighted several needs, especially a modernized hospital, along with pandemic-caused concerns, including visa overstayers, obstacles for Army recruits, and the Census numbers which were compiled while up to 2,000 residents were away. She...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Encouraging American Samoan women to acknowledge the importance of their roles in family, village, church and government is the theme of a program promoting women’s empowerment called, “Toe Timata le Upega” — promoted by the Women’s Division of the Department of Youth...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man convicted of assaulting his wife and sentenced by the High Court to 5 years probation is now in custody after being arrested last week and accused of physically abusing his 4-year-old niece by slapping her in the face and kicking her in the back.
The man, Lino Tapu...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Training of Dept. of Public Safety (DPS) officers on alternative approaches to individuals with mental illness in crisis, was among the Office of Protection and Advocacy for the Disabled’s (OPAD) “Education and Training on Mental Illness” programs last year, according to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An Administration bill giving the Human Resources director “exclusive authority to promulgate rules” on ASG personnel issues, caused concerns from senators who spoke during yesterday’s Senate Rules Committee hearing on the legislation.
Also concerning to the senators is...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A photo posted on the local Education Department Facebook page, is marked by ASDOE as “FAKE MEMO”, and apparently circulated over the weekend that public schools were to close yesterday due to severe weather conditions. The fake-information quickly circulated on social...