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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 30-year-old man accused of unlawfully entering a home and attempting to sexually assault a woman, after he had allegedly broken into the woman’s home three times before he was arrested by police last month after being pulled over during a traffic stop in the Tafuna...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Government is closing out Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October with a two-day event, starting tomorrow, Friday, and spearheaded by the Department of Youth and Women’s Affairs (DYWA) in partnership with the Health Department, which is also calling...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man accused of threatening his wife and two young children by putting a machete to his wife’s face and telling her that he would kill her and the kids if she ran away from him — is now in custody after being arrested by police.
The man made his initial appearance in...
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming a $500,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for the American Samoa Department of Agriculture (ASDOA) and the benefit of local farmers. Congress authorized this funding program in a recent Congress (the 115th) as...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Chief Procurement Officer, Ti’alemasunu Dr. Mikaele Etuale has informed executive branch directors to rotate vendors for “micro purchases” valued at up to $3,500. And the move is applauded by owners of small businesses hoping to get a share of the money the government...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In an Oct. 26th memorandum to COVID-19 Task Force members, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga voiced concerns over the drop in member participation during meetings and ordered that “active participation” is to continue for future meetings.
According to the governor, participation...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Last Saturday night with a turn-away crowd at the DDW Restaurant, members of the Republican Party of American Samoa gathered to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the appointment of Uifa’atali Peter Coleman as the first Samoan governor.
Gov Coleman was the first non-...
When I worked for Governor Peter Tali Coleman in American Samoa, he made the decision that he would visit all the villages on Tutuila and Manua to "show the flag" and it just so happened that on our scheduled trip to Vatia on the opposite side of the island — with no road connection then only a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A case of a bus driver accused of sexually abusing a 16-year-old girl was filed in District Court last week. It was the victim’s 25-year-old sister who alerted police about the alleged incident and as a result, the suspect was arrested. During the arrest, cops found...
All public school students will have the day off today Oct. 27th while school personnel are required to report to their schools, as the local Education Department (ASDOE) will “conduct a drill to implement the Remote Leaning Plan” for all public schools.
Meanwhile, ASDOE released accreditation...