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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A young man accused of stealing food, cash and beer from a store in Tafuna told the court that the allegations against him are true.
Maalona Aleki, who has been in custody since his arrest last August, unable to post a $5,000 surety bond, appeared in High Court last week...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Samoan and American Samoan governments are considering re-staring the "2-Samoa" talks in 2022.
American Samoa's Lieutenant Governor, Talauega Eleasalo Ale, made the brief announcement during the Governor's cabinet meeting.
Talauega said that there are plans to hold...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A Samoan couple residing in Utah has been charged with separate but related schemes to defraud two sets of victims, including a 26-year old “vulnerable adult” who sustained a permanent traumatic brain injury when he was 20-months old, following a car accident that killed...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man accused of disturbing the public peace at his residence in Tafeta — being loud and throwing empty beer bottles at his neighbor’s yard — is now facing multiple charges, including methamphetamine (meth) possession.
Filipo Tolai, 25, made his initial appearance in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In an agency notice dated Dec. 21 and publicly released this month, the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says it’s amending temporary permits issued to Bumble Bee Foods, LLC, and StarKist Seafood Co. to market test canned tuna.
The FDA noted previous amendments...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 26-year-old man from Malaeimi accused of punching the female cashier at a store in the Tafuna area and then taking off with $670 cash three months ago was arrested by police last month pursuant to an arrest warrant from the court. During his apprehension, cops...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) has confirmed that the new Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (EST) rule on COVID-19 also applies to employers in American Samoa with at least 100 workers. And the rule is proceeding forward, following a ruling by a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 35-year-old man accused of passing bad checks at several stores and two restaurants is now in custody after he was arrested last month. During his arrest, investigators discovered an active warrant from 2019 for his arrest — dealing with alleged possession of illegal...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The man who is accused of giving 4 small stamp size baggies containing marijuana to a minor to sell for him at the beginning of last year has asked the High Court to set his case for jury trial.
Taamilo Motuga appeared in court last month for his pretrial conference....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has specified a 2022 limit of 2,000 metric tons of longline-caught bigeye tuna for each U.S. Pacific territory of American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)/
NMFS said it will allow...