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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man accused of assaulting his wife with the sharp part of a metal shovel is now in custody after he was arrested by cops two weeks ago.
The defendant made his initial appearance in District Court where his bail was set at $20,000.
He is charged with one count of 2nd...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Governor Lemanun Peleti Mauga has sent to the Fono for review and approval two land lease agreements. One is for the Pala Lagoon Swimming Center and the other is for the Territorial Bank of American Samoa.
The original lease for the Pala Lagoon Swimming Center of nine...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a release issued last week the Lemanu-Talauega Administration announced it has submitted the following Administrative Requests before the 37th Legislature, 3rd Regular Session:
ADMINISTRATIVE REQUEST FOR IMPLIED CONSENT TESTING OF IMPAIRED DRIVERS
Currently, our laws...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S Transportation Department (USDOT) approved on Jan. 26, Polynesian Limited d/b/a Samoa Airways’ application for renewal of its cabotage exemption to continue flight operations between Tutuila and the Manu’a island group.
The Samoa government owned airline’s...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Compliant with federal funding requirements, improvements in the the meal program and funding to purchase smart phones for senior citizens, are some of the achievements by the Territorial Administration on Aging (TAOA) in 2021 cited in the Governor’s State of the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The two brothers accused of stealing and burglary are now behind bars after being arrested pursuant to an arrest warrant from the Court.
The two brothers, Nathan Peato, 31, and his younger brother, Peato Jr, 27, made their initial appearances in District Court.
The two...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The 42-year-old taxi driver who was charged with unlawful possession of a glass pipe containing methamphetamine (meth) after his vehicle was pulled over by police in December of 2020 pled guilty in High Court.
Sapati Laloata, who has been in custody since his arrest,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a Jan. 25 memorandum, the Governor’s Chief of Staff, Tuimavave Tauapa’i Laupola informed cabinet members of the government’s Island Wide Clean-up for the month of January, set for today, Friday Jan. 28. And that all departments, agencies, offices and authorities are...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Ten food commodities contributed to the increase in the Basic Food Index (BFI) in December 2021, according to the BFI report released recently by the Commerce Department’s Statistical Division. It also says that the BFI in December registered a “substantial increase of 2...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The COVID-19 Task Force Operations Report 2021, released Monday by the Governor’s Office provides a summary breakdown on how much was paid in operations costs to local and off-island vendors — starting with the repatriation flights and then to limited commercial flights...