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Washington, D.C. — Wednesday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata has taken part in an oversight letter this week from the leadership of the House Committee on Small Business to the Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Jovita Carranza on ways to continue improving the Economic Injury Disaster...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Four graduates — shown in this photo sitting at the table — from the American Samoa Community College are recipients of ASG scholarships and the presentation was officially made yesterday morning at the Education Department Conference room in Utulei.
Scholarship Board...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With the release last Friday of the second round of the federally funded Economic Impact Payments (EIP), or stimulus checks, the ASG Tax Office will begin preliminary reconciliation of all EIP disbursements in compliance with the American Samoa Implementation Plan, says...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A federal court extending US citizenship to persons born in American Samoa is “not only incorrect as a matter of law, but impractical and anomalous in effect,” declared the American Samoa Government and Congresswoman Aumua Amata in their reply-brief filed May 26th at the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 32-year-old man convicted of assaulting his wife by using a rock to strike the back of her head was sentenced last week by the High Court to 7 years imprisonment. It was a straight sentence.
[In the interest of protecting the victim, Samoa News is withholding the name...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man arrested by police two weeks ago is now charged with unlawful possession of illegal drugs after police discovered drugs on his person and inside his vehicle when he was pulled over during a traffic stop in Puapua.
On May 24th, two officers patrolling the Puapua...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Tuesday aftrnoon Congresswoman Aumua Amata said she was blessed to be able to return to American Samoa during the House district work period due to a military-operated FEMA/medical flight to the islands that had room on the way. She released the following statement:
“I’m...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a June 7th memorandum, Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has revised ASG policies to facilitate access of the benefits in two federal income assistance programs for ASG workers who were furloughed, lost jobs and had reduced working hours as a result of the COVID-19 emergency...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With about 300 local residents stranded in Samoa since the closure of borders between the two Samoas due to the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has directed the Health Department and other ASG officials to come up with a plan to repatriate local residents...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man with prior convictions for stealing and unlawful possession of illegal drugs is back in court — once again charged with both. This time, he’s accused of stealing money from his aunt to buy meth for himself and his friends, and he was found with meth in his...