TBAS head briefs House members on FDIC’s position on insurance
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) maintains until the Territorial Bank of American Samoa comes under “private ownership” only then will it “enter








![Directing his statement to Attorney General Fainu’ulelei Falefatu Alailima-Utu, who was present at the hearing, Fai’ivae said, “is it about time, that Samoan Affairs [be] well equipped to make [final] decisions” on lands and matai titles, and equip them with a legal counsel? Fai’ivae Iuli Godinet](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/sen_faiivae_iuli_1.jpg?itok=_1TOzBMH)

