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Apia, SAMOA — Fata Brian Kaio has been appointed as Consul General to Samoa’s Consul office in American Samoa.
He replaces Manogimanu Fonoti Etuale whose term has ended. These changes will be effective soon.
This was revealed in a confidential Cabinet Directive21-50dated 22 December, 2021....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A Fautasi race, cricket tournament, fishing tournament, farm fair and a marching band competition, are among the planned activities for the 2022 Flag Day, which Lt. Gov. Talauega Eleasalo Ale announced at last Friday’s cabinet meeting, where Secretary of Samoan Affairs...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The year, “2022 is going to be a year of action and it’s going to be a year of a lot of activities,” declared Lt. Gov. Talauega Eleasalo V. Ale during his remarks at last Friday’s cabinet meeting. “We have established the infrastructure to do this in 2021, now we are...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 39-year-old man from Samoa accused of assaulting another man with a metal pipe apparently for no reason was arrested by police last month. During his arrest, police found drugs in his backpack and his pocket.
Iasoni Tuiloma, a.ka. Nathan Tuiloma made his initial...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — This past Saturday the Department of Public Safety (DPS) Traffic Division enjoyed a family fun day with their loved ones to make up for time lost during the holidays as they were unable to spend quality time with their families due to manning the sobriety checkpoints...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a Jan. 6 memorandum, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga, extended the existence of ASG’s Compliance Review Committee, which also has the authority to issue subpoenas pursuant to local laws.
In January last year, the governor established the committee to review all expenses...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man convicted of sexually assaulting his wife’s niece was sentenced by the High Court last week to serve 7 years behind bars. A straight sentence.
Ete Aumua, who has been in custody since his arrest last year, unable to post a $10,000 surety bond appeared before...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In his State of the Territory Address yesterday, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga told a joint session of the Fono that preliminary unaudited financial figures for fiscal year 2021 show a surplus of between $8 million to $9 million.
Lemanu, who delivered his 15-minute address in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — There are no new provisions added to Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga’s latest COVID-19 Emergency Declaration, which reiterated that Executive Branch employees must be fully vaccinated by this week Friday and that the 2021 Amnesty Program concludes on Thursday.
Lemanu’s new...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 35-year-old man accused of assaulting his 59-year-old uncle with a knife over two years ago is now in custody after he was arrested last month.
Feagaiga Faalemiga was arrested during a traffic stop for driving a vehicle with an expired license plate tag last month....