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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Among the challenges that the Lemanu & Talauega Administration confronted in the first six-months of the new administration is the “suicide epidemic,” Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga said during his special address yesterday morning to a joint session of the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — ASG Treasury announced yesterday the release of the first batch of Recovery Rebate payments, slated for today, Tuesday July 13.
According to ASG Treasury, Recovery Rebate is the reconciliation of payments to taxpayers related to the Economic Impact Payments (EIP): CARES...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An alleged “ex-parte communication” between American Samoa Chief Justice Michael Kruse and local resident James L. McGuire during a court session in High Court “never” happened but has resulted in a “frivolous 1,000-plus page” federal lawsuit, that is “most unfortunate...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a combined Governmental and Private Sector effort the Unexploded Ordnance discovered in the Village of Aua last month was safely destroyed in a controlled detonation at the McConnell Dowell quarry late last week.
The US Army Explosive Ordinance Disposal Team was...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man accused of violating local drug laws had asked the court to set his matter for trial.
Aleki Faitala, who had been in custody since his arrest last year, unable to post a $5,000 surety bond, appeared in court last month for his pretrial conference.
When his case was...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — More than six weeks later, StarKist Samoa is still operating only one shift per day, as the territory’s largest private employer has slowly hired additional workers, including those who were laid off for “bad marks” for not showing up to work during the time when...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Nine people, including a 17-years-old juvenile, were arrested and taken to the Leone Police Substation (LPS) after detectives of the DPS Vice and Narcotics Unit (VNU) and Criminal Investigation’s Division (CID) executed search warrants at several locations on the West...
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-...