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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man with a previous stealing and fraud conviction is now facing drug charges after investigators discovered drugs in a rental car that was reported stolen over two months ago.
Tafi Agaese made his initial appearance in court last month.
He is charged with unlawful...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Lemanu Administration’s newly established COVID-19 Task Force includes “At Large” public members. And among them is Ella Gurr, chairperson of the American Samoa Chamber of Commerce, who had requested the previous administration for inclusion of the private sector in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who failed to comply with conditions of his 5-year probation has been given another chance. Probationer Ioane Mataese was arrested two month ago after he tested positive for marijuana.
Mataese appeared in court last month for a preliminary hearing, where he...
Washington, D.C. — Monday, Congresswoman Uifaatali Amata is hailing the signing into law of a bipartisan effort, which included U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and John Boozman, R-Ark., and U.S. Representatives Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., Colin Allred, D-Texas, and Amata Coleman Radewagen, R-American...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The United Sates and American Samoa flags are flying at half-staff as of yesterday morning at the entrance into the Port of Pago Pago, as ordered by Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga in a memo issued yesterday for flags be flown at half-staff as a “mark of respect...
![[l-r] Senate President Tuaolo Manaia Fruean, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga, House Speaker Savali Talavou Ale and Chief Justice Michael Kruse](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/asg_leaders.jpg?itok=Ev3ifu_G "[l-r] Senate President Tuaolo Manaia Fruean, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga, House Speaker Savali Talavou Ale and Chief Justice Michael Kruse at the start of yesterday’s Joint Fono session at the Gov. H. Rex Lee Auditorium, where the governor delivered his first State of the Territory Address. [photo: Leua Aiono Frost]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga delivered his first State of the Territory Address before a joint session of the Fono yesterday at the Gov. H. Rex Lee Auditorium to officially open the first regular session of the 37th Legislature.
The sitting governor is...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — After reviewing evidence presented by the government during a Motion to Suppress hearing last Friday for the defendant Gaisoa Mapo, accused of unlawful possession of cocaine, Chief Justice Michael Kruse has denied the defense’s motion, saying that there was probable...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Federal Government’s Paycheck Protection Program reopens today, Jan. 11, offering forgivable loans to small businesses and allowing certain cash-strapped firms to borrow a second time, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration.
Congress authorized up to $...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Danny Mika was sentenced by the High Court to 5 years probation after he was convicted of unlawful possession of methamphetamine. As a condition of his probation, he was ordered to serve a period of detention of 20 months, minus the 106 days Mika served before he posted...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The driver of a red pick-up truck in which investigators allegedly found a black pouch containing a green leafy substance and white crystalline substance has been arrested and charged with unlawful possession of illegal drugs in the territory.
Opetaia Valaau made his...