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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has submitted proposed legislation which seeks to amend the current 2% wage tax law and establish by law, the Governor’s Healthcare Professional Succession Initiative.
In the cover letter last week to Fono leaders, the governor pointed out that...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — All foreign travelers, except for Samoa passport holders, wanting to enter American Samoa are now required to come through the Hawai’i route, under Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga’s Jan. 29th, “continued and expanded” State of Emergency declaration, issued last month due to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man from Samoa convicted of sexual abusing a 15-year-old girl has been ordered to depart the territory and remain outside of its borders as a condition of his 5-year probation.
Oneone Tuala, 35, who has been in custody since his arrest, unable to post a $35,000 surety...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Just over $1 billion in total sales was generated in 2017 from the more than 500 business establishments in American Samoa surveyed for the 2017 Economic Census, according to data released yesterday by the U.S. Census Bureau for the 2017 Economic Census for the Island...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who violated conditions of his 5-year probation, which was handed down last year, has been ordered to serve out his suspended sentence — which is 20 months.
Kaleti Faavae appeared in court last Friday for a disposition hearing where he apologized and begged for...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Aumua Amata hailed Committee passage of a bipartisan bill to strengthen the future of fishing. She is an original cosponsor of the bill and was pleased to vote for it on Wednesday in the Natural Resources Committee, where it passed by unanimous consent. The bill...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — LBJ Medical Center announced yesterday that it’s proud to recognize the pharmacy for their most recent achievement. In late December of 2019, five pharmacy employees (pictured) challenged the U.S. National Certification exam for pharmacy technicians and they ALL PASSED...
Majority in Puerto Rico want equality through statehood, so far American Samoa’s priority is autonomy ~
Guam, Northern Marianas and U.S. Virgins Islands seem dazed and confused somewhere in between ~
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In the 1990’s, the local territorial government of Guam lobbied Congress to grant island...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Associate Justice Fiti Sunia has granted a motion filed by private attorney Marcellus Talaimalo Uiagalelei for an order to extend the time his client, Richard deSaulles, can reside off island for medical treatment.
Prosecuting the case on behalf of the government is...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In his State of the Territory Address, Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga provided for the Fono a summary update on the progress of local telecommunications development in the territory, saying “positive effect was experienced” in FY 2019, after the July 2019 launch of the...