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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A young man from Tafuna with a long criminal history entered into a plea agreement with the government two weeks ago in District Court.
Avei Tupuse, who is on probation, was initially charged with 4 misdemeanors including 2 counts of third degree assault, resisting...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The driver of a yellow pickup truck in which investigators allegedly found a bag containing a white crystalline substance and drug paraphernalia has been arrested and charged with unlawful possession of drugs.
Tipasa Laki, a.k.a. “TEMA” made his initial appearance in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Caught between colliding pressures of a pandemic, political unrest and outcries for social justice, this Martin Luther King Day of Service is unlike any other. But despite the limitations of the season, this federal holiday doesn't have to be any less impactful. Now more...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Rep. Vailoata Amituana’i is calling on to the House ASPA Committee for a hearing with ASPA to explain why his village of Faga’alu has no streetlights while all other villages in Tutuila do.
Vailoata told representatives during this week’s House Session that he only...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Norman Auelua, a 29-year-old man who assaulted another male using a machete was sentenced to serve 10 days in jail, as part of his 12-month probation during his sentencing this week. The court pointed out that Auelua’s action was severe and that while overly intoxicated...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga, through a Jan. 12th memorandum, appointed Misipati Salanoa as acting director of the Territorial Energy Office, effective immediately.
“His knowledge and leadership abilities are needed during this time of transition,” Lemanu...
Provo, UTAH — Lorimay Fuimaono-Ki will not always have complicated feelings about Jan. 7.
But in 2021, it was a day of intense gratitude and searing pain.
The young mother cannot stop the tears as she tries to explain what life has been like since American Samoa closed its borders to keep COVID-19...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The former manager of Pacific Shipping Services (PSS) who was released on a $35,000 surety bond after he was arrested by police two weeks ago and charged for embezzlement and stealing was taken back into the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) on Wednesday after he...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Samoa government owned Polynesian Limited d/b/a Samoa Airways has applied to the US Department of Transportation (USDOT) for renewal of its cabotage exemption to continue providing air service between Tutuila and the Manu’a island group.
The current exemption for 180...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A young man who assaulted another man by punching him in the face and kicking him multiple times while he was on the ground was sentenced last week to 24 months behind bars.
Livisitone Valoaga was initially charged with third degree assault; third degree property damage...