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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Government finances and other critical matters including the deadly coronavirus pandemic were some of the issues discussed during a meeting between Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga and the incoming Administration of governor-elect, Lt. Gov. Lemanu Palepoi Sialega Mauga and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man accused of causing serious bodily harm to another man in Happy Valley a few months ago is now in custody after he was arrested by police during a traffic stop, in which they discovered illegal drugs inside the vehicle and on the defendant.
Lafitaga Unasa is the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With recent heavy rains — and also American Samoa now in hurricane season, causing lots of rain — the Health Department “highly recommends the public be cautious of contaminated water or soil.”
This is according to Health director Motusa Tuileama Nua, in the latest DoH...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The owner of a rental unit in the Malaeimi area, who was charged and convicted of assaulting his tenants — a man and his daughter — was sentenced to 12 months probation last week.
Taase Anapu was initially charged with second-degree assault, a class D felony. But the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Department of Health apparently set up a plan to accommodate the US government mission to Antarctica which was later denied access by the local governor.
Three planes carrying 31 people were due to arrive in American Samoa last weekend and it was...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The two men convicted of receiving stolen property from a Petesa home were given light sentences last week. Reupena Tevita and Amosa Iasepi were ordered to serve 20 months at the TCF, as a condition of their 5-year probation terms.
Both men have been in custody since...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoan sailors stranded in the United States after a planned repatriation flight was cancelled last week, can expect to be home in January, according to Prime Minister Tuila'epa Sa'ilele Malielegaoi .
Speaking on his weekly television program, he said the Cabinet discussed the matter...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Titifalaula Siaumau is the owner of this rebuilt yellow truck, nicknamed “BumbleBee” after one of the renowned Transformers. While it didn’t win First Prize, Titi’s wife, family & friends are proud of the work he did, saying “Your project was beyond perfect! We’re...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has not lifted the ban on cargo voyages of the Samoa government-owned MV Lady Naomi between the two Samoas, while the suspension of flights remains in effect, according to ASG Coronavirus Task Force chairman Iulogologo Joseph Pereira.
When Samoa...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — To support his application for pardon and commutation of sentence, attorney for former Territorial Correctional Facility inmate James Glenn Barlow has provided to Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga two affidavits, including one from the local former assistant public defender who...