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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who was convicted by the District Court for assaulting his girlfriend has been ordered to spend 10 days at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) as a condition of a 12-month probation term.
The detention period will see the defendant spending 5 straight...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With no local matching funds provided by the territorial government, all services provided by the American Samoa Medicaid State Agency, have been suspended for the rest of this fiscal year 2021, and that includes any medical charters, except for the one already set for...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Public Defender, Michael White submitting directly to the Fono a supplemental budget for his office’s fiscal year 2022 budget didn’t sit well with several lawmakers, and White was cautioned to submit any request to the governor, and not directly to the Fono.
Over the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Fono Joint Budget Committee hearings of the government’s fiscal year 2022 budget ended yesterday, as scheduled. The next step that will be announced soon, is when the committee meets to discuss and debate a final version and present a report to both chambers for a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man accused of giving marijuana to a minor to sell for him at the beginning of this year has asked the High Court to set his case for jury trial.
Ualesi Asuni appeared in court last week for his pretrial conference.
Defense attorney told the court that they have...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As the start of school approaches the Governor’s Office is participating in the Adopt-a-School program, the Governor’s Office with the staff assigned to Fagaitua High. They were there in full force to clean up and paint, before the new school year begins Aug. 23rd.
The...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa TeleCommunications Authority (ASTCA) acting Chief Executive Officer, Chuck Leota told lawmakers that the government owned telecom, currently doesn’t have a “back-up” system, in case of problems or disruption to the Hawaiki undersea fiber optic cable,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man suspected of burglarizing three stores in the Tafuna area is now in custody, after he was arrested last month, pursuant to a warrant from the court. During his arrest, cops discovered drugs in his possession.
The government has filed two separate criminal cases...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The government’s salary increases have created new problems for the private sector, now faced with workers leaving to work for ASG and this is the same dilemma encountered by two semi authorities agencies, which are losing workers, said Sen. Magalei Logovi’i during a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Another Administration bill — this time, legislation seeking to legalize the possession of air guns, which includes BB guns — has met its fate with the Senate rejecting the proposed law, after senators learned that there was no input on the measure from the Attorney...