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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A probationer who tested positive for meth after his latest court hearing is now in custody, after District Court Judge Elvis P. Patea revoked his release.
Palota Afele was sentenced to 12 months probation after he was convicted of third degree assault in May of this...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Fisheries Division of the Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources (DMWR), in partnership with The Nature Conservancy (TNC), and Poseidon Fisheries Research, concluded the Second Fisheries Science Research and Workshop, held in American Samoa earlier this month....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 45-year-old father of 4 children who is accused of the sexual abuse of a 15-year-old girl told the court in a plea agreement he is guilty.
Tipasa Molesi, who is out on a $10,000 surety bond appeared in court last week for a Change of Plea hearing. He was represented by...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who has a pending matter in the Family, Drug and Alcohol (FDA) court was arrested over the weekend and charged with criminal contempt.
Faulalo Sipili made his initial appearance in District Court last week before Judge Pro Tem, Gwen Tauiliili-Langkilde.
According...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Lolo Administration’s annual Christmas Program for American Samoa’s senior citizens is set for the first week of next month and ASG agencies including semi autonomous agencies have been informed of how many Christmas gifts each should provide.
In a Nov. 13 letter to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Yesterday morning, due to a technical problem, Chief Justice Michael Kruse dismissed the jury, on day three, in the trial of former Police Watch Commander Mosese Lomu at 10:00 a.m. There were not other details forthcoming.
The case will resume at 9a.m this morning for...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man from Samoa accused of assaulting his 59-year-old uncle with a shovel and damaging his uncle’s vehicle has entered into a plea agreement with the government.
Alex Unasa, 26, was initially charged with 2nd degree assault and 1st degree property damage, both class D...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The San Diego-based American Tunaboat Association (ATA) has lent its “strong support” to a proposed federal rule, which addresses management of the “Area of Overlap” between the Convention Areas of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) and the Western and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Division of Student Services Division (DOSS) at the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) has announced the recipients of its fall 2019 In-House Scholarships — the Saili le Atamai and Presidential Merit scholarships.
Most high school graduates born in American...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Miss American Samoa, Epifania Petelo, accompanied by Simeafou Imo, president of the Miss American Samoa Inc. (MASI), departed the territory Tuesday this week heading to Apia en route to Papua New Guinea for the 2019- 2020 Miss Pacific Islands Pageant, where she will vie...