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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A bill to establish the Territorial Fire Department (TFD) under the Governor’s Office was introduced in the Senate this week.
The bill, amending Section 4.0301 of the American Samoa Code Annotated (A.S.C.A) and creating Chapter 15 under the Title 4 of the A.S.C.A was...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Besides discussing briefly the ASG Adopt a School program during this past Sunday’s COVID-19 task force meeting, Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has sent out a memo to cabinet members reminding directors that the program kicks off Aug. 1st before the new school year 2020- 2021...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Some local residents have asked how they are able to visit the local Social Security Office to obtain a copy of their social security number or discuss other matters, since the US Social Security Administration (SSA) on Mar. 17th suspended face-to-face services in their...
Washington, D.C. — Wednesday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata updated the growing Small Business Administration (SBA) economic aid for American Samoa’s small businesses and nonprofits.
American Samoa’s total increased from the last report of $19 million to over $21.5 million ($21,501,368), with all of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Tafuna High School history teacher, Christian Sa’alea has been named the 2020 US Territories History Teacher of the Year, an award presented annually by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, the nation’s leading organization dedicated to K-12 American history...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — While the ASG Treasury is delaying the third release of the Economic Impact Payments (EIP), or stimulus checks for qualified local residents “due to some unforeseen circumstances,” the department is releasing tomorrow more than $590,000 in tax refund checks for Batch #13...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — While the new traffic policy for the Laufou-CBT area went into effect last Friday morning, there was no advance notice as motorist as well as employees of tenants at Laufou were caught by surprise as well as customers heading for the businesses.
During a cabinet meeting...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Of the public school facilities inspected so far by Health Department, fourteen of them need assistance in various areas such as upgrades or repairs while Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has instructed ASG agencies that the government’s Adopt-A-School program goes into effect...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The preliminary examination (PX) for a 20-year-old man from Samoa charged for engaging in a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old girl is now bound over to High Court after District Court Pro Tem, Gwen Tauiliili-Langkilde was satisfied that the evidence presented by the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Monday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata held a town hall meeting at Aumoeualogo Guest House in Aoa village to discuss issues, economic efforts, recent legislation, events in Washington, and federal services for constituents.
“Thank you to Aoa village,” said Aumua Amata. “I had...