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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The first ever American Samoa mental health summit is aiming to reduce stigma, build capacity and improve health outcomes. especially for military veterans and their families.
Acting governor Lemanu Peleti Mauga, who is also an army veteran, told the summit that after...
SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of nearly $2.6 billion in funds to assist states, tribes, and territories with improving drinking water and wastewater infrastructure across the country.
The U.S. Pacific Island Territories of American Samoa,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — This undated photo released yesterday by the US Justice Department, shows the North Korean cargo ship “Wise Honest”, which was detained in Indonesia in April last year. The Associated Press, citing USDOJ officials, reports that the ship is being processed to move to...
Washington, DC — Congresswoman Aumua Amata was delighted to host a group of American Samoa’s students in the congressional office and for their tour of the U.S. Capitol. The students are with the Department of Interior’s Close-Up program, and arrived over a week ago for their two-week visit to the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — District Court Judge Elvis P. Patea did not mince words yesterday morning when he lashed out at what he described as the "government being chugged around" by the local office of the Samoa Consulate.
The remarks were made during a status hearing for Valentino Sam Chong a....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — District Court Judge Elvis P. Patea dismissed two of the three cases against Absalom David Fanene a.k.a. "Loma" yesterday morning, following a motion from prosecutor, Assistant Attorney General Jason Mitchell.
In one case, Fanene is charged with public peace disturbance...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Three Honolulu police officers have argued that their actions, “were not the proximate cause” of death of an American Samoan, whose family has alleged in a civil suit that the deceased was wrongfully seized, denied his liberty, and fatally assaulted by the officers.
The...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who was arrested last week for driving under the influence is now charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine) — a class D felony.
Faauuga Filipo made his initial appearance in District Court last week where he waived his right to a...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Aumua Amata voted for the bipartisan Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans Act, which she co-sponsored, and the legislation passed the House Committee on Veterans Affairs and will move on to full House consideration.
“This important bill recognizes the realities and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The government called 3 witnesses during Day 1 of Folasa Galeai’s jury trial, and one of them was the wife of the deceased — also the only eyewitness — who told jurors that at the time of the accident, the defendant’s vehicle was flying towards theirs.
Galea’i, who is...