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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On December 25, 2023, at about 4:00pm, a woman contacted the Tafuna Police Station (TPS) to report a disturbance in Vaitogi. She alleged that the suspect later identified as Tavita Vaisagote was intoxicated and underage (18-years old).
The defendant was charged with the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On the night of Dec. 28, 2019, two cops observed John Tagai Jr., 20, spill a bag of Bongos on the ground after he and another male were pulled over at the Sobriety Checkpoint for an open container in the vehicle.
Tagai Jr was the passenger. (Samoa News is withholding the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Employees of the Department of Human and Social Services (DHSS) lined the streets in front of the DHSS headquarters in Utulei yesterday morning, for a special “wave” to culminate Red Ribbon Week 2019 in American Samoa.
The Red Ribbon campaign is a national initiative to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — After spending 125 days at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) in Tafuna, District Court Judge Fiti Sunia ordered the immediate release of Tevita Moala yesterday, after Moala pled guilty to public peace disturbance, a class B misdemeanor that carries a maximum...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — District Court Judge, Fiti Sunia has instructed a 20-year-old to change his lifestyle or otherwise, he will find himself behind bars for the rest of his life.
The judge told John Matagilele that he will end up in jail if he continues to be involved in incidents like the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 19-year-old overstayer from Samoa who was in the territory since May 2016 departed American Samoa this week on board the Lady Naomi, pursuant to an order from District Court Judge Fiti Sunia.
While here, the young man was convicted of underage consumption of alcohol -...