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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man from Tafuna who, along with a co-defendant broke into a store in Tafuna and stole about $1,000 worth of goods — none of which was recovered — was ordered by the court last week to pay restitution of $1,000 to the store, after he serves 28 months at the Territorial...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Police arrested a man from Ottoville last month, for the alleged sexual abuse of a 16-year-old girl. The man made his initial appearance in District Court last month. He is charged with first degree sexual abuse, a class D felony; and endangering the welfare of a child,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 35-year-old man who was accused of inappropriately touching a woman has admitted to the charge against him.
Rodney Levi was initially charged with attempted rape and 1st degree sexual abuse, both class C felonies, punishable by a jail term of not more than 7 years, a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa will receive more than $10M of grant funding under the Capital Improvement Project (CIP), awarded by the U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) for fiscal year (FY) 2021.
In the official OIA release, Keone Nakoa, Deputy Assistant...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service (USDA FNS), has approved American Samoa’s request to increase benefit levels for all ASNAP participants starting today, Friday, October 1, 2021.
In a press release distributed yesterday, Department of Human...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Before 2a.m. yesterday local time, the US Department of Labor had already released the updated American Samoa Minimum Wage poster, that includes the new federally mandated 40-cents per hour hike in all 17 different industry classifications — effective Sept. 30.
Federal...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Following a decision by Samoa’s health authorities, inter-Samoa flights are temporarily suspended again, while the local resident who arrived on the Sept. 13th flight from Honolulu and tested positive of COVID-19 has been re-tested — under new protocols — and the result...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Infrastructure project proposals for funding under American Samoa’s share of the $479 million federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021 will be required to comply with a provision of the statute addressing climate change, says ASG’s ARPA Oversight Office executive...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man convicted of violating local drug laws is going to jail. The court sentenced Faalata Toetasi to serve 20 months at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF), as a condition of the 5 years probated sentence.
Toetasi appeared in High Court last week for sentencing...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata welcomed congressional action Thursday to ensure government funding as the new fiscal year starts, and prevent a temporary government shutdown. The Senate passed the legislation earlier in the day and the House of Representatives then quickly passed...