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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 45-year-old man who called police to report that a group of men were trying to assault him was later arrested on the allegation that he and his brother-in-law assaulted another man. Tovia Li’o made his initial appearance last week where District Court Judge Elvis P....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Restrictions placed on US purse seiner fleets fishing on high seas and the US exclusive economic zone (EEZ)  “is not a conservation issue” but “international politics,” declared Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga in an Oct 7th letter to Michael Tosatto, regional administrator for...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 30-year-old man accused of using a sharp weapon to cause head injuries to another man has pled guilty. Fa’avae Tagaloa was initially charged with felony first degree assault, punishable by life in prison or at least 30 years. But under a plea agreement with the...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who was convicted of stealing was released from custody, after the High Court determined that the 12 months he served at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF), to await sentencing, was enough punishment. Allen Faumuina, under a plea agreement with the...
Ali'itama Bartine Tarrant
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Ali'itama Bartine Tarrant has been located and his frantic mother, Denise Chapman, couldn’t be happier. It was Chapman who contacted Samoa News last month to report that her son, 28, departed Florida earlier this year in April — during Easter weekend — en route to...
ASDOE director, Dr. Ruth Matagi-Tofiga
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The hiring of a new vice principal for Nuuuli Vo Tech High School (NVTHS) has led to a local school teacher screaming ‘nepotism’. That’s because the new VP is Fesilafa’i Matagi, the brother of ASDOE director, Dr. Ruth Matagi-Tofiga. The teacher, Sam Nuusolia, is a master...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 28-year-old man accused of selling marijuana joints at the Fagatogo market last year has pled guilty.  Cops arrested Calvin Paulo Jr. on Nov. 22, 2018 after a vendor at the Fagatogo market informed police about a man selling drugs at a bus stop. Paulo Jr. was initially...
Congresswoman Aumua Amata
Washington, D.C.—Friday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed House passage earlier this week of several Veterans’ bills, including two that she cosponsored. This week, the House passed the bipartisan Homeless Veteran Families Act, H.R. 95, introduced by Rep. Julia Browley (D-CA), a bill which Amata...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In response to numerous complaints about the local DOA animal clinic’s lack of medication and a US-certified vet, the Alofa Mo Meaola non-profit group is bringing Dr. Melissa Shaw to American Samoa to conduct surgeries and health checks for dogs and cats. Dr. Shaw, a US...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man with a pending drug case in High Court was arrested last week on similar allegations. Asolelei Tagoa’i, a.k.a. “DAYS”, appeared in District Court last week. He is charged with one count each of unlawful possession of methamphetamine; and unlawful possession of...

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