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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The government's case against a man charged with one count of unlawful possession of a controlled substance (marijuana) will be heard by a jury.
During a pretrial conference in High Court yesterday morning, Brandon Peterson's attorney noted that discovery has been...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — More good news for consumers: the new wholesale price or maximum allowable price (MAP) for all petroleum products sold in American Samoa will see another decrease, according to the new MAP - effective Feb. 1-14th - released yesterday by the ASG Office of Petroleum...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Samoan Studies Institute (SSI) at the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) held a book launching ceremony on Friday, Jan. 25, to celebrate the publication of three new works produced in collaboration with the community.
First Lady Cynthia Malala Moliga gave the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An overstayer whose Immigration ID expired two years ago has been sentenced to 6 months probation after he pled guilty to public peace disturbance yesterday in District Court.
Alo Tautua admitted to the court that he disturbed the peace last year in December when he,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Business owners who have not renewed their business licenses are to cease and desist operations until they've renewed their licenses for 2019.
The deadline was this past Wednesday, Jan. 30
Additional fees will be added to any renewals issued after the deadline. According...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The student body of Faga'itua High School held a special family service yesterday afternoon in the school gymnasium for 16-year-old Melaiga Kome, who is presumed dead after search and rescue efforts in the waters - and surrounding areas - of Tula village turned up empty...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — District Court Judge Fiti Sunia appeared confused — and frustrated — yesterday morning after he was told that two defendants who were scheduled to appear for pretrial conferences are currently off-island.
"Is there not a list?" Judge Sunia asked an Immigration officer...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Assessments and training are ongoing at the local Dept. of Health for the establishment of the territory’s first Family-to-Family Health Information Center, tentatively set to open later this year in the summer.
According to DOH, the new center will support family-...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Fines and penalties totaling over $13,500 will be imposed on the sponsor of 9 construction workers from Samoa who entered the territory on 30-day permits and were employed without valid immigration ID cards.
Samoa News understands that the Immigration Board issued its...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Local attorney Barry Rose has described claims by an attorney made in federal court filings that internet in American Samoa is extremely slow and it's not unusual for the entire island to lose access to the internet and even phone service, “patently false”. Rose is a...