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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man charged with second degree burglary is remanded to custody on a 'no bail' status, after the court was informed by Immigration yesterday morning that his ID expired Feb. 6, 2019
Preliminary examination for Sitivi Opetaia is this morning in District Court.
His bail...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Commerce Department has suspend the business license for Taxi Owner’s Association (TOA) — referred to as TOA Taxi stand — which is at the center of complaints over their drastic increase of taxi rates, that became effective May 1st.
The Commerce Commission is the ASG...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An inmate who was held at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) for 346 days awaiting an Order to Show Cause (OSC) hearing appeared in High Court yesterday.
Assistant Public Defender Rob McNeill represented Pulumu Fitita, who is not new to the court system, while...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Chief Justice Michael Kruse told a 58-year-old man convicted of unlawful possession of a glass pipe containing methamphetamine that he can’t support his family if he supports himself with his meth problem.
“You’re asking the court for a second chance to go back home to...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Aumua Amata is welcoming House passage of the bipartisan Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act, which she cosponsored and supported in a prior Committee vote last week.
On Tuesday, Congresswoman Amata and other Congressional leaders held a press event on the U.S....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Amid the rain of Tuesday afternoon, the North Korean cargo ship, Wise Honest, was towed just off the Utulei coastline, across from the ASG Tank Farm. As the ship was being towed from the main dock after 3 pm, there was quick speculation amongst locals that the vessel was...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The discovery of crystal meth that, according to police, is valued at more than $1million is now in the hands of the Department of Public Safety (DPS).
The drugs were found during a bust this past Tuesday morning by Customs agents at the post office.
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Last week, the preliminary examination (PX) for the case against three men accused of unlawful possession of illegal drugs when police responded to a public peace disturbance call, in Iliili, took place, with District Court Judge Elvis P. Patea finding probable cause to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a May 1st letter, Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga requested two senior senators of the US Senate Committee on Finance for “help in addressing long standing Medicaid issues that continue to place financial hardships on our local government and significantly reduce access to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — ASG Treasury Department is releasing today the second batch of tax refunds for tax year 2018, but — again — it’s only for locally funded refunds and does not include the Additional Child Tax Credit (ACTC), which is funded by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
The...