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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As of Saturday, July 10th, 2021, ASTCA Engineering teams have made great progress and continue to gradually restore all services. Landline, Broadband, and LTE Mobile Data services have been restored; ASTCA TV is pending.
Though the connection in Ta’u is good and stable,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who was released on bond awaiting the outcome of his matter in High Court where he’s charged with violating local drugs is now back in custody after he was arrested last week pursuant to a bench warrant from the court. Doug Logo appeared in court last week for his...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man accused of violating a court order when he went to his wife’s house and allegedly assaulted her while he was intoxicated was arrested this week.
To protect the identity of the victim, Samoa News is withholding the names of all parties involved.
The defendant, a 43-...
Washington, D.C. — Saturday, Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata welcomed an agreement in Congress to move forward with legislation that would stabilize Medicaid funding for the Territories through an eight-year plan for American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — One of the co-defendants in the Futiga drug case from last year will serve 20 months at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) and thereafter, he is to depart the territory and remain outside of its borders for 5 years — the duration of his probation.
Jimmy Mata’u,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As of July 5th, just over 500 households in American Samoa have enrolled in the Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB) program, administered by the US Federal Communication Commission (FCC), according to FCC public data.
The new initiative is to help families and households...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man accused of stealing checks from a business owned by his uncle and his uncle’s wife last year has been released from jail to await sentencing, after the court granted a signed plea agreement between him and the government.
Calvin Malaga who had been in custody since...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Fono will convene next week Monday, July 12th, in a joint session for the opening of the Second Regular Session of the 37th Legislature, with Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga scheduled to address lawmakers at the Fono Guest Fale, the current temporary chamber...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Lorrina Melanie Taiaopo Lee, a student at the South Pacific Academy, will be attending the National Youth Leadership Forum [NYLF]: Law & CSI, an Envision by WorldStride Program in Washington DC this month, after she applied and was accepted by the program, which is...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A young man accused of burglarizing a home in Leone and stealing two cell phones, a laptop, an iPad, two pairs of shoes and a wallet with over $450 inside it is now in custody after police officers arrested him last month pursuant to an arrest warrant signed by the court...