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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga, in a memorandum earlier this month, appointed the 30 new members - representing the community, youth, Fono and government — to the Juvenile Justice Advisory Council.
Community members are Monsignor Viane Etuale, Rev. Faletoi Uso...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Working with parents of children and adult children with special needs to support one another and to become more proactive in the care of their children is the mission of the non profit organization (NGO) PCSN Network — Parents of Children with Special Needs — that was...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Associate Justice Fiti Sunia has taken under advisement a motion to dismiss the government’s case against former executive director for the American Samoa Government Employees’ Retirement Fund (ASGERF), Luatua Filisouaiga Ta’afua.
The motion, which was argued before...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Coronavirus-free American Samoa continues under Code-Blue, while public gatherings, “except for religious services”, remain prohibited between 12 midnight and 5a.m., according to Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga’s new COVID-19 declaration, dated Mar. 19th, and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who was arrested for disturbing the public peace and later found with illegal drugs has entered into a plea agreement with the government.
Kome Molesi appeared in court last week for a pretrial conference; however, when his case was called, the defense attorney...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a statement this week, the Health Department reminds all businesses to comply with sanitary health conditions pursuant to Public Health law and regulations. And starting Apr. 1st, DoH’s Environmental Health Services Division will be enforcing that ALL businesses —...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who was arrested for disturbing the public peace and later found to be in possession of drugs has entered into a plea agreement with the government.
Fiti Sale appeared in court two weeks ago for a pretrial conference.
He was initially charged with unlawful...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a statement last Thursday, Human Resources Department announced that American Samoa’s Pandemic Unemployment Assistant (PUA) office has moved to the an office at the Pago Plaza in Pago Pago as of Mar. 16th.
The move stems from lack of office space and will enable PUA...
In a Mar. 12th memorandum to cabinet members, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga announced that ASG’s Commerce Department, through the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) supplemental federal CARES Act funding is planning the implementation of its Information and Communications Technology...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A bus driver accused of assaulting two men during a drinking session last month is now in custody after police allegedly discovered two small baggies containing illegal drugs in his possession.
Calvin Malu made his initial appearance in District Court this month.
Malu is...