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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Chamber of Commerce will propose to ASG to consider, among other things, lifting current business hours operation restrictions, to lessen the financial impact on businesses, while at the same time, maintaining the social distancing preventive measure...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 44-year-old man from Pago Pago who was convicted of driving with a permanently suspended license is going to jail.
Asofa Punipuao, who has been in custody since his arrest on Jan. 9, 2020, unable to post a $5,000 bond, appeared in High Court last week where he was...
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Congressman Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan introduced legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives Tuesday to repeal the cap on federal Medicaid funding for the U.S. insular areas. Unlike the states, which have unlimited federal funding,
American Samoa, Guam, the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Compared to previous years with many festivities including fautasi races, this year’s Flag Day ceremony set for Friday morning Apr. 17th, will be a very scaled back, small event marking the 120 years since American Samoa became part of the United States family.
Speaking...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A former police officer accused of permitting an inmate to leave his cell to go visit his girlfriend, and then staging his bed to make it appear as if the inmate was sleeping was sentenced to time served, which was 72 days, as a condition of his 5-years probation....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Human and Social Service Department will start processing today, Apr. 15th, subsidy payments for all daycare providers in the territory, after approval was given by the agency’s federal grantor, according to director Muavaefa’atasi John Suisala at last Sunday’s ASG...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The 45-year-old man who was convicted of assaulting his wife while he was extremely intoxicated told the court that she was the one who started the fight, which landed him a 3-night stay at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF).
The defendant was initially charged...
Washington, D.C. — Tuesday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata confirmed that she and the Governor of American Samoa have filed an appellate brief to the United States Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit in the Fitisemanu case alongside the U.S. Department of State, appealing the District court decision...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The US Department of Transportation (USDOT) is awarding more than $1.38 million in airport aid to American Samoa’s three airports to help respond to the COVID-19 public health emergency, according to a USDOT national news release yesterday.
Of the total award, just over...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — While public school students continue their education from home as well as their homework packages during the coronavirus emergency declaration, Education Director Dr. Ruth Matagi-Tofiga says the local Eduction Department’s plan is to have seniors still graduate this...