New minimum wages for American Samoa go into effect
Mon, 10/01/2018 - 7:27am
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Screen shot as of last Saturday morning of the updated American Samoa minimum wage poster on the US Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division website, indicat


![the owner of LE AUTE, Tumuatasi Lefatia, also known as Mama. [SN file photo] the owner of LE AUTE, Tumuatasi Lefatia, also known as Mama.](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/mamaweb_1.jpg?itok=_vA4POOS)
![[l-r] Territorial Registrar, Taito S. White (who heads the Office of the Territorial Registrar); Assistant Attorney General, Andrew Sunia, who is the legal counsel for the Territorial Registrar’s Office, and Attorney General Talauega Eleasalo V. Ale during a Senate Government Operations Committee hearing last Friday morning. [photo: FS] [l-r] Territorial Registrar, Taito S. White (who heads the Office of the Territorial Registrar); Assistant Attorney General, Andrew Sunia, who is the legal counsel for the TerritorialRegistrar’s Office, and Attorney General Talauega Eleasalo V. Ale](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/matai_registration.jpg?itok=juG8bL6Q)
![[l-r] Rotary Club of Pago Pago president Agnes Polu, Congresswoman Aumua Amata, Lt. Gov. Lemanu Palepoi Sialega Mauga, CCCAS Fagatogo Rev. Iasepi Ulu, Dept. of Human and Social Service official Lupe Sunia Fiso, a female guest, and Hawaiian Airlines representative Voloti Malietoa pose for a group photo following last Saturday’s Memorial Remembrance Service for the 34-victims of the Sept. 29, 2009 tsunami at the Tsunami Memorial Family Picnic Shelter at Lion’s Park. [photo: FS] [l-r] Rotary Club of Pago Pago president Agnes Polu, Congresswoman Aumua Amata, Lt. Gov. Lemanu Palepoi Sialega Mauga, CCCAS Fagatogo Rev. Iasepi Ulu, Dept. of Human and Social Service official Lupe Sunia Fiso, a female guest, and Hawaiian Airlines representative Voloti Malietoa](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/group_1637.jpg?itok=kL0I7fwW)
![Ioasa Pese, whose sister Folalela Lauofo, was among the 34 victims of the 2009 tsunami, shared his story about his sister last Saturday’s Memorial Remembrance Service for the 34-victims of the Sept. 29, 2009 tsunami at the Tsunami Memorial Family Picnic Shelter at Lion’s Park. [photo: FS] Ioasa Pese, whose sister Folalela Lauofo, was among the 34 victims of the 2009 tsunami](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ioasa_1622.jpg?itok=jfNEf92P)
![American Samoa Power Authority executive director Utu Abe Malae (left), talking with Lt. Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga (right) following last Saturday’s Memorial Remembrance Service for the 34-victims of the Sept. 29, 2009 tsunami at the Tsunami Memorial Family Picnic Shelter at Lion’s Park. ASPA is among the ASG agencies involved with the memorial service. [photo: FS] American Samoa Power Authority executive director Utu Abe Malae](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/utu_1630.jpg?itok=KKaSK_CG)
