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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who failed to do what the court ordered him to do, is now back in custody at the Territorial Correctional Facility with bail set at $500 cash.
Asofa Titio Sr made his initial appearance in District Court yesterday morning on the charges of criminal contempt and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — While the Territorial Bank of American Samoa (TBAS) faced a yearly loss, described as “minimal”, it is the goal of the government-owned bank to achieve “monthly profitability” by July 2019, and “end the year in black”, according to a report by the Office of Financial...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Aumua Amata highlighted March as Women’s History Month, and noted she is an original co-sponsor of the resolution in Congress honoring and supporting the ideals of National Women’s History Month.
This Resolution, H. Res. 171, is led by Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA),...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The 2019 Flag Day celebration, under the theme “Prepare our Youth for Future Challenges” is set for one day, Apr. 17.
The fautasi race is set for Saturday morning, Apr. 13th and race-time depends on the weather, according to the Flag Day Committee presentation at last...
Phoenix, AZ — Employees of the now-shuttered Argosy University system were supposed to get paid Friday. They didn't.
A note from the court-appointed receiver in charge of Argosy’s finances on Thursday told employees their March 15 paychecks would not arrive as expected. It gave no indication of ...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who has been on probation since 2015 after being convicted of vandalizing an ATM machine and attempting to steal funds from it, has been ordered by the court to serve out the remainder of his detention, for failing to comply with conditions of his probation.
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Sadly, cancer has become as common in our community as gout, diabetes, and hypertension. However, unlike those chronic diseases, cancer patients cannot find relief from a pill or dialysis. No two cancer diagnoses are alike because the way cancer cells mutate and spread...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Bail for a man accused of — among other things — raping his biological daughter, is set at $50,000.
In the interest of protecting the minor victim, Samoa News is withholding the names of the parties involved. Samoa News points out that the alleged sexual activities...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — We knew her as Tina Hammock, who in 2013 was the NOAA station chief for their Climate and Atmosphere Observatory on the eastern end of Tutuila at Cape Matatula. She left American Samoa that year after being chosen from a pool of over 6,000 applicants to become a NASA...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 46-year-old uncle accused of inappropriate touching will fight the allegations against him at trial. Samoa News is withholding the name of the defendant to protect the identity of the victim.
According to the government’s case, the defendant is accused of...