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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — District Court Judge Elvis P. Patea has dismissed the government’s case against a DPS detective accused of resisting arrest when several officers tried to calm him while he pointed a gun to his head in a suicidal act. Det. Justin Thomsen, who was charged with one count...
Associate Justice Fiti Sunia
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Associate Justice Fiti Sunia has advised Assistant Public Defender Rob McNeill to hire an “Independent Translator” if the Public Defender’s Office continues to be short staffed — that is not have on staff people who can translate terms of plea agreement with their...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “The determination of the appropriate minimum wage [for American Samoa] should be based on the carrying capacity of the economy to absorb any increase in minimum wage without substantially curtailing employment,” according to the governor’s appointed Minimum Wage Task...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who failed to comply with conditions of his 5-year probation has been given another chance. Probationer Foleni Motu was arrested Friday, Aug. 6th after he tested positive for marijuana. Motu appeared in court last month for a preliminary hearing, where he admitted...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this week announced the award of two Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) grants to the American Samoa Power Authority and Guam Environmental Protection Agency totaling $196,887. The funds will be used to replace diesel...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — October is a month of many wonderful things: the World Series, the colors of autumn, and Halloween among them. But it’s also booked with national celebrations and awareness campaigns: National Country Music Month, Polish American Heritage Month, and even National...
Salu Hans Malala and Dora Meredith were at the KSBS-FM studio
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — National Weather Service Office meteorologists Salu Hans Malala and Dora Meredith were at the KSBS-FM studio yesterday, for a “preparedness week media blast outreach” that urges the community to prepare for the upcoming tropical cyclone — or hurricane — season which runs...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man described by the court as abusive and a danger to a female he was in a relationship with for many months has been ordered to depart the territory upon serving 28 months at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF). Vataumalo Tuli Togise, who appeared in High...
Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The “lack of inclusion” of American Samoa in the process of setting a minimum wage for the territory by the federal government is the “core issue fueling our objection,” says Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga, adding that ASG remains “concerned and worried” over the future of...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A female probationer convicted of meth possession was released from the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) last Friday, after the court sentenced her to time served — 120 days — one of several conditions of her 2-year probation term. Caroline Purcell, who was in...

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