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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — If convicted by the High Court, the driver of the car in the horrific car crash in the early hours of last Saturday will spend 52 years behind bars.
The defendant, Chanel Lafua, who is being held at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF), unable to post a $75,000...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — StarKist Company has released the names of the four StarKist Samoa employees who died following a deadly car crash at the cannery’s gate over the weekend, as a prayer service was held yesterday inside the plant.
The cannery is currently on its usual two-week end of the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — THE Health Department says it received over the weekend a new shipment of COVID-19 vaccines for children ages 5 to 11 years old, and is providing COVID-19 vaccines Monday through Thursday this week.
DoH suspended late last week vaccination shots for this age group due to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Following the fatal accident outside the StarKist gate in the early morning hours this past Saturday, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga responded to the news of the crash that resulted in multiple deaths and injuries.
“I ask that the Territory continues to pray for the victims...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The court, during the preliminary examination (PX) of 48-year-old Apisaloma Lafo, accused of unlawful possession of drugs, held last week, has found probable cause to bind the case over to the High Court, despite strong opposition from the defense team, claiming that no...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 29-year-old man accused of selling marijuana joints at the cannery last year has pled guilty.
Detectives from the DPS Vice & Narcotics Unit arrested Ualesi Paulo on Aug. 12, 2020 after receiving information from StarKist Samoa employees that a man was selling drugs...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The driver from the deadly car crash last Saturday morning made his initial appearance yesterday morning before District Court Judge, Gwen Tauiliili-Langkilde.
Chanel Lafua appeared in Court with his defense attorney, Public Defender, Michael White. Prosecuting the case...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 30-year-old man — Fatu Ilaoa — was arrested last month on the allegation that he stabbed a man with a kitchen knife after he punched him in the face. Then when he was being taken into custody, illegal drugs were found in his possession.
According to the government’s...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A father of four was arrested again last month on the allegation that he violated conditions of his 5-year probation, which was handed down by the High Court 3 years ago.
Ula Pelema, who has been in custody since his arrest two weeks ago pursuant to an arrest warrant,...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming about $1.3 million ($1,293,165) for American Samoa's airports in new federal infrastructure grants from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), also known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, recently passed by Congress and...