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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man involved in the case where 4 males were charged and convicted of shooting at the Leone Substation a few years ago was arrested last week on drug charges.
Sinapati Tuufaanatu made his initial appearance in District Court this week. He later waived his right to a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Police Commissioner Le’i Sonny Thompson and two other Public Safety officials appeared Wednesday morning for about 15-minutes for the Dept. of Public Safety’s FY 2020 budget hearing before the Fono Joint Budget Committee.
Among the handful of issues raised during the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga, in a memorandum dated Sept. 9, 2019, has once again raised the longstanding issue of government vehicle abuse.
Addressed to the Secretary of Samoan Affairs, CEOs, directors, and executive directors of ASG departments and agencies, Lolo...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Revenue projection for utility rates for the American Samoa Power Authority (ASPA) FY 2020 budget proposal is based on the assumption that — among other things — the authority’s board of directors will approve a base rate hike effective next month, collecting just over $...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — More than $1.8 million in tax refund checks - covering both local and the Additional Child Tax Credit (ACTC) — will be released on Friday, Sept. 13th.
In a brief statement issued Wednesday afternoon, ASG Treasurer, Uelinitone Tonumaipe’a said Friday’s tax refunds are for...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed more than $1 million in federal funds for coral reef conservation in American Samoa over the next two years.
These federal funds through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), an agency within the U.S. Commerce Department,...
Aunu'u, AMERICAN SAMOA — A photo of the recent damage done to Aunu’u Island when monstrous waves came crashing down near homes, flooding people’s front yards and raising concerns from residents who are calling on government officials to take action before tragedy strikes.
Samoa News was sent this...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa TeleCommunications Authority (ASTCA) chief executive officer Lewis Wolman told the Fono’s Joint Budget Committee that ASTCA is “unapologetic”for the many consultants mentioned in the agency’s proposed FY 2020 budget.
Wolman made the statement as part of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A bus driver accused of sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl told he court the reason he changed his ‘not guilty’ plea to ‘guilty’ is because he wants to return to his family in Samoa.
Lalomilo Raymond Taume, 35, who has been in custody since his arrest last year, unable...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Reports of people being stung in Utulei, as well as sightings in the Failolo area of the Portuguese Man-of-War have been forwarded to the Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources (DMWR), resulting in a public advisory being issued.
According to DMWR, their office has...