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Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata has requested assistance with Visa requirements on behalf of Samoan residents of American Samoa who became overstayers because of pandemic circumstances outside their control, or left on a repatriation flight without being able to secure their...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 40-year-old man who was convicted by the High Court for attempted felonious restraint is ordered to serve 20 months behind bars, as part of a 5-year probation sentence.
Peniamina Osa was initially charged with attempted rape, first degree sexual abuse, and attempted...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Inbound travelers to American Samoa are required to register to enter the territory at an online travel program approved by the American Samoa COVID-Task Force, Health Department and the Department of Legal Affairs, according to an added provision to the new COVID-19...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifaatali Amata told Samoa News that in a rare Sunday morning conference call, “My U.S. House colleagues and I were given a briefing by the Secretaries of State, Defense and General Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on the current situation in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 33-year-old man, who is of Samoan ancestry and resides in Kent, Washington was sentenced Tuesday at the federal court in Seattle to serve two years in prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm during a civil unrest and looting in downtown Seattle, according...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 42-year-old man accused of assisting two males who burglarized a home on the west side has entered into a plea agreement with the government.
Tala Muliaga was originally charged with one count of stealing, a class C felony, punishable by imprisonment term of up to 7...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man accused of selling hand rolled marijuana cigarettes to three different people behind a store in the Tafuna area last year has entered into a plea agreement.
Faamanu Aleki, 38, of Tafuna appeared in court last week for a pretrial conference but pled out instead....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The court has set bail at $500 for Tausi Lafaele, who was taken into custody in June following an incident in Tafuna where he is alleged to have gone to his neighbor’s home with a machete, and also challenged people in the neighborhood to a fight.
Lafaele, who made his...
![[l-r] Mrs. Evelyn Lili’o-Satele, Mrs. Saouila Fanene Kava, and Vaitinasa Dr. Salu Hunkin-Finau](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/doe_certification_board.jpg?itok=g4--V_Xx "Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga’s three nominees to the ASG Department of Education Certification Board [l-r] Mrs. Evelyn Lili’o-Satele, Mrs. Saouila Fanene Kava, and Vaitinasa Dr. Salu Hunkin-Finau posed for a Samoa News photo yesterday morning before their Senate Education Committee confirmation hearing. [photo: FS]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga has nominated three women to the ASG Department of Education Certification — Mrs. Evelyn Lili’o-Satele, Mrs. Saouila Fanene Kava, and Vaitinasa Dr. Salu Hunkin-Finau — and they appeared this past Thursday morning before the Senate Education...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Repeat offender Richard Mata was ordered by the court last week to serve out the remaining 7 months of a 20-month sentence from a 2018 case. The decision came after the court found Mata in violation of conditions of his 5-year probation.
Mata was found guilty by the...