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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Local businesses took advantage last week of the ERC Group’s visit to American Samoa where the Group shared information on the federal Employee Retention Credit program and solicited for enrollment in their assistance program. The ERC Group is headquartered in Hawaii....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu P. S. Mauga has submitted to the Fono, the American Samoa Government’s proposed final budget for the new fiscal year 2024, which is more $664 million, a decrease of 4% from the current FY 2023 approved budget of $693.41 million.
“With confidence, I am glad to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man, identified as Eti Sioeli, allegedly went to his neighbor’s house in Nu’uuli on July 14, 2023, with a stick in his hand, and knocked on his neighbor’s door and asked her if “there was a problem.” The confused neighbor decided to ignore him, but the man turned...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S Government Accountability Office (GAO) has been instructed by the U.S House Committee on Natural Resources to gather new Federal Collection Data from U.S Territories, after it was determined by Ranking Member, U.S Rep. Raúl Grijalva and Delegates of the U.S...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Fourth day of business at the House of Representatives involved a hearing with the House Committee of Public Safety and Tafuna Correctional Facility (TCF) officials over concerns of the multiple escapes from confinement by inmates and the status of the prison wall that...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — ASG Treasurer Malemo Tausaga and Deputy Attorney General Roy Hall appeared before the Senate Budget & Appropriation Committee in a hearing on Wednesday morning to discuss a bill introduced by Senate President Tuaolo Manaia Fruean, which “appropriates the sum of $278,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S. Census Bureau yesterday released statistics for American Samoa in its 2020 Island Areas Census Demographic and Housing Characteristics Summary.
The package includes more than 400 tables with data on age, race and ethnicity, household type, relationship,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — United States Second Gentleman (husband of Vice President Kamala Harris) Mr. Doug Emhoff made a stopover in American Samoa this past Tuesday, July 18, for refueling at the Pago Pago International Airport. He is leading the U.S. Presidential delegation to attend the 2023...
Honolulu, HAWAII — U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development Hawaii/ Western Pacific State director Chris Kanazawa has announced that the department is launching a pilot program to make it easier for people to access loans and grants to repair homes damaged by tropical storms and typhoons...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A woman in Kokoland called the police station on July 13, 2023 at 12:23 PM claiming that Tavita Robertson had assaulted her and she had sustained injuries after being punched three times by the defendant.
Responding officers arrived on the scene and met with the victim...