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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A USDOL Wage and Hour Division (WHD) investigation has found that the American Samoa Power Authority violated overtime requirements of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and will pay $110,865 to 180 employees, according to the federal agency. USDOL announced the...
Congresswoman Amata this week with Chairman Shelby
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Aumua Amata is welcoming “Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020” — the Medicaid deal that is expected to become law later this week, successfully avoiding the Medicaid cliff. For American Samoa, this is expected to lock in a new increased spending cap of $84...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — District Court Judge Elvis P. Patea has found probable cause to bind over to the High Court, the government’s case against Siapu Anae, a.k.a Tiana Lameta, who is expected to enter a ‘not guilty’ plea this morning during arraignment. Anae, a female passenger of a vehicle...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man accused of burglarizing a home in Kokoland last month has been arrested and is now in custody, with bail set at $15,000. Uini Saolotoga Jr made his initial appearance in District Court last week. He is represented by Assistant Public Defender Bob Stuart, while...
First Lady Cynthia Malala Moliga (right) chatting with a mother, whose child is between them in a bed at LBJ
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — First Lady Cynthia Malala Moliga, accompanied by staff of the Governor’s Office, carried out the Governor’s Office annual Christmas visitation - delivering gifts to patients at the hospital. Also last week, the Governor’s Office dispatched staff, led by Salanoa Ricky...
Movie goers at “Jumanji” this past Sunday afternoon at the Nuuuli Place Cinemas
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Effective Immediately” the “restriction on public gathering is... lifted,” according to Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga’s Dec. 16th proclamation that amends certain provisions of his Dec. 8th emergency declaration, which prohibits public gatherings including bingo games, due...
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  Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man convicted of assaulting another man by poking his neck with a knife and punching him in the face multiple times is going to jail. Finauga Naoupu, 46, who has been in custody since his arrest last year, unable to post a $15,000 surety bond, appeared in High Court...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 37-year-old man who was picked up pursuant to an arrest warrant from the court, on the allegation that he unlawfully entered the home of another family and stole several items including three big fine mats, is now being charged with unlawful possession of drugs. The...
Health Department medical personnel giving measles shots to StarKist Samoa workers
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Health Department has recorded another laboratory confirmed measles case, an 8-year-old, bringing the total number to 10 cases for American Samoa; and, last Saturday, mass vaccination at two sites including one at the StarKist Samoa cannery plant began. DoH officials...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — US District Court Judge Clark Waddoups stayed the enforcement of his Dec. 12th ruling which declared that persons born in American Samoa are US citizens, pending resolution of the issue on appeal, while the American Samoa Government and Congresswoman Aumua Amata have...

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