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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The community is “responding favorably” to the American Samoa agriculture census, following an ongoing public awareness program, however the farmers are not.
Farmers are refusing to provide information due to not being compensated from crop damage assessments following...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Government Employees' Retirement Fund (ASGERF) is partnering with the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) to offer computer training courses for 2,000 local residents, under the direction of Stratus Silver Lining, Inc., a company based in San Jose...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The prosecution has filed four additional charges against Dept. of Youth and Women's Affairs (DYWA) director Jonathan Fanene, who has been released after posting a $100,000 surety bond.
Fanene appeared in District Court yesterday morning for a preliminary examination...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The 23-year-old man accused of stealing from a home and a store in Atu’u last year has entered into a plea agreement with the government. Anetele’a Nu’ulopa appeared in court last week for a Change of Plea hearing.
Assistant Public Defender Rob McNeill represent the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An inmate who was held at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) for 346 days while awaiting an Order to Show Cause (OSC) hearing has been ordered to serve out the remainder of his 5-year probation sentence behind bars, for failing to comply with conditions of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man accused of assaulting his cousin with a hammer has entered into a plea agreement with the government.
The charges against Teofilo Maluseu, 51, stem from an incident whereby he allegedly assaulted his 53-year-old cousin.
Maluseu was initially charged with first-...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa's agricultural census is running into problems.
Farmers are refusing to give information because they're upset at not receiving compensation for crop damage following Tropical Cyclone Gita.
Chief statistician, Meleisea Vai Filiga, said the federal census,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 57-year-old man who failed to obey the court's orders has been placed on probation for 24 months.
Titio Asofa Sr appeared in District Court yesterday morning for a pretrial conference for two separate cases.
Under a plea agreement with the government, Asofa pled guilty...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Coconut Mutts, a non-profit group, is pleased to announce another sterilization program, happening in June 2019, in cooperation with the ASG Department of Agriculture, and with grant assistance from the Banfield Foundation.
It is sponsoring a volunteer veterinarian, Dr....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The gate the leads into the Taxi Owners Association — referred to as TOA Taxi Stand — in Tafuna was locked as of last week Friday, while the leader of the TOA Taxi Stand requests a meeting with Commerce Department director, Keniseli Lafaele, who is also chairman of the...