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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 36-year-old man was arrested and has been charged with the rape on several occasions of a 14-year-old girl beginning in 2018.
The man made his initial appearance in Court last week where he requested a preliminary examination (PX).
(While his name is in court documents...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Associate Justice Fiti Sunia has given a man from Samoa, convicted of violating local drug laws a chance to renew his immigration status that has expired or he will sit in jail until it is.
Fala Ah Chong, who has been in custody since his arrest, unable to post a $5,000...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Current and past administrations have publicly discussed their concerns over American Samoans who leave the territory to seek a better future in the US and have tried to implement programs to attract them back home upon earning college degrees.
And it continues to come...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The government has charged a 34-year-old man with unlawful possession of illegal drugs and for trying to break into a house in Ottoville in November of last year. Pulou Tagaloa made his initial appearance in court last week.
Tagaloa, who has a long criminal history, is...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The US-based Center for Biological Diversity has raised several issues over a proposed federal rule to eliminate swordfish trip limits in the American Samoa Pelagic Longline Fishery.
The Center’s concerns have reignited complaints from those in the local longline fishery...
Washington, D.C. — Wednesday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata updated the status of the Small Business Administration (SBA) economic aid for American Samoa’s small businesses and nonprofits.
American Samoa’s total increased again from the last report of $21.5 million to just over $23 million, another...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The continued global drop in fuel prices has — again — contributed to the drop in the cost of diesel fuel for electricity in the territory, resulting in a decrease in the “fuel surcharge” that the American Samoa Power Authority imposes on its customers.
In a brief...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A federal judge in Honolulu has struck down the Hawaii Revised Statute 134-2 (HRS 134-2), which prohibits non-citizen US nationals from owning a firearm, paving the way for a current Hawaii resident, who was born in American Samoa, as well as all other US nationals in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Residents of Manu’a whose homes were damaged due to Hurricanes Vicky and Wasi, and who applied for loans from the Development Bank of American Samoa have not received any assistance to date.
This was the statement by the President of the Development Bank of American...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who was ordered by the court to serve the remaining period of his detention of 20 months at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) for failure to comply with conditions of his release while pending his sentencing told the court that it was his attorney’s fault...