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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A woman accused of burning her boyfriend’s house with the intention of killing him and his father told police that the reason why she planned to murder her boyfriend and his father is to pay back what her boyfriend had done to her many times.
The woman, Navy Patu made...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga, in a memorandum on Wednesday, expressed appreciation and “Fa’afetai Tele Lava” to cabinet members for a successful 2021 Flag Day, which was a scaled down celebration.
On behalf of Lt. Gov. Talauega Eleasalo Ale and the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Government and many other local residents will have to wait until next month to see what the US National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) response would be to the Territory of American Samoa’s writ of certiorari petition to the Supreme Court of the...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata again emphasized health infrastructure in a Wednesday hearing of the Natural Resources Committee’s Subcommittee for Indigenous Peoples, stating for the record that LBJ Tropical Medical Center is “in dire need of replacement or repair.” The oversight...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — More than half of American Samoa’s population, who are eligible to get a COVID vaccination are now fully vaccinated, having completed their two-shot regimen. This is one of the announcements at the meeting of the Task Force held this week at the Department of Homeland...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a new health advisory, the Dept. of Health announced a new COVID-19 vaccination site, which is the Department of Youth and Women’s Affairs facility in Tafuna that is now added to two previous locations, the A.P. Lutali Executive Office Building (EOB) and the Gov. H....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Police arrested a 53-year-old man last month, for the alleged sexual abuse of a 16-year-old girl. The government claims that the defendant, Vasega Faalata, forcibly kept the victim inside his house for over an hour while he sexually abused her.
Faalata, who has a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — U.S. Nationals and Citizens, as well as qualified aliens who have lost a loved one to COVID are now eligible for FEMA funeral assistance, providing the death certificate indicates the death was attributed to or caused by COVID-19.
“There are several guidelines that...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a memorandum issued yesterday, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga ordered the United States flag to be flown at half-staff in honor of former US Vice President Walter Frederick “Fritz” Mondale, who passed away Monday at the age of 93.
The governor said the date...
Washington, D.C. — Wednesday, Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata highlighted the National Park of American Samoa as part of National Park Week (April 17-25), an initiative of the National Park Service (NPS) and the National Park Foundation. The NPS is part of the Department of the Interior, and within...