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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa residents and those in other US territories on social security will not be getting their stimulus checks directly from the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) — like the rest of the US — but instead will receive them next month through their territorial...
Rose Atoll, AMERICAN SAMOA — The southernmost point of the United States is not in Florida or Hawaii… or even in the northern hemisphere. It’s here, the smallest in this chain of American Samoa islands.
To get there, we chartered a boat from Pago Pago in American Samoa, 180 miles — about an 8-hour...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man with two prior convictions over a decade is back in court again on a new allegation that he stole his father’s vehicle. When pulled over by patrol officers last month, the suspect, Tasesa Kuresa told officers the vehicle belonged to him, not his father.
Kuresa was...
WASHINGTON — U.S. Small Business Administration Administrator Jovita Carranza announced last week that agricultural businesses are now eligible for SBA’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) and EIDL Advance programs.
SBA’s EIDL portal is expected reopen as a result of funding authorized by...
Washington, D.C. – Friday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata released the following statement regarding efforts in Congress toward a new round of economic relief:
“Congress has passed four coronavirus relief bills since March — all very much bipartisan — totaling about $2.8 trillion. Some of that relief is...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The first person convicted by the court for failure to comply with the requirements set by the government during the Governor’s declaration for the COVID-19 enforcement was ordered by the court to pay a fine of $50.
According to District Court Judge Elvis P. Patea, this...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With more than $80 million in COVID-19 funding allocated to American Samoa, the Fono leaders have informed Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga that lawmakers are prepared to start a review and approval for the appropriation of these funds.
The notification was made in a May 11th...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — To ensure American Samoa’s full compliance with the millions of dollars in federal coronavirus funds, Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has established the government’s six-member COVID-19 Compliance Review Committee (C19CRC).
“In light of the extraordinary amount of federal...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — At the ASG coronavirus task force meeting earlier this month, Health director Motusa Tuileama recommended a mini COVID-19 island wide exercise to test the “strength” of the local health care system in the event of a coronavirus outbreak.
He said the concern in the event...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man allegedly found with a glass pipe containing methamphetamine inside his vehicle when police pulled him over for a traffic violation almost two years ago was finally arrested and charged.
The question as to why the government waited so long to charge Faamamafa Phode...