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![in this Samoa News 2016 file photo, leaders from the American Samoa Government and the Fono along with Anthony Bernardo of AVM Bernardo Engineering are pictured during a groundbreaking ceremony for a food processing plant across from Public Works in Tafuna. [SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/groundbreak%20food%20plant_0172web_0.jpg?itok=thn724R3 "in this Samoa News 2016 file photo, leaders from the American Samoa Government and the Fono along with Anthony Bernardo of AVM Bernardo Engineering are pictured during a groundbreaking ceremony for a food processing plant across from Public Works in Tafuna. [SN file photo]")
The Philippines-based company wanting to establish a multi-food processing plant in American Samoa is now in the process of obtaining government approval to set up in the territory, while containers of construction materials for the plant are already on island, says Commerce Department director...
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A 35-year-old man who was convicted of stealing checks from a businessman and forging his signature was sentenced yesterday to 5 years in jail. During sentencing the presiding judge pointed to his criminal record, which he says seems to have started about the time he became a father — Suauupaia...
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ALEKI FIDEL
A young man who was accused of stealing a carton of cigarettes from an Asian store in Fagaima has been charged with misdemeanor stealing and public peace disturbance.
Aleki Fidel made his initial appearance before District Court Judge Pro-Temp, Gwen Tauiliili-Langkilde last week,...
![Rendering of the proposed new Fono Building. [SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/fono%20bldg%20rendering_23.jpg?itok=nQlywI5B "Rendering of the proposed new Fono Building. [SN file photo]")
Both the Senate and House are expediting passage of an Administration bill that seeks to amend the Territorial Bank of American Samoa statute by deleting several provisions of the law pertaining to the bank’s “Holding Company: — Territorial Bancorp Holding Company."
The measure was introduced...
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This Nov. 27 Samoa News photo shows LBJ Medical Center staffer, Josephine Lam Yuen Fuga working in the reception area of the new Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) clinic, which officially opened Nov. 21.
LBJ chief executive officer Faumuina John Faumuina announced the new clinic at last week’s cabinet...
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To prevent “public perceptions of judicial impartiality”, Chief Justice Michael Kruse recommended an additional judge to the bench because many of the current judges are appointees of former Gov. Togiola Tulafono, who is back to practicing law and has cases pending before the High Court of American...
![In this Samoa News file photo, American Samoa Economic Development Board nominees [l-r] Commerce Department deputy director Uili Leauanae, Chief Procurement Officer, Dr. Oreta Mapu Crichton; Public Works director Faleosina Voigt at the conclusion of their Senate confirmation hearing in August. [SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ASEDA%20nominees_1.jpg?itok=Nj9Pl29N "In this Samoa News file photo, American Samoa Economic Development Board nominees [l-r] Commerce Department deputy director Uili Leauanae, Chief Procurement Officer, Dr. Oreta Mapu Crichton; Public Works director Faleosina Voigt at the conclusion of their Senate confirmation hearing in August. [SN file photo]")
The purchasers of the American Samoa Economic Development Authority general obligation revenue bonds want to make sure their investment is secure. At the Electronic Municipal Market Access website where the bond covenants are public information, a section is devoted to the correspondence between...
WASHINGTON—While partisans squabble over whether the Republican tax overhaul in Congress benefits the middle class or the wealthy, part of the proposed legislation is going over swimmingly in Pago Pago.
The House plan, which would reinstate a tax break for a tuna cannery in American Samoa’s capital...
![[l-r standing] Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga, Senate President Gaoteote Tofau Palaie and House Speaker Savali Talavou Ale shaking hands with attendees of yesterday’s joint session of the Fono, a special session called by the governor. [photo: FS]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ASG%20leaders%200534.jpg?itok=z1tJBeId "[l-r standing] Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga, Senate President Gaoteote Tofau Palaie and House Speaker Savali Talavou Ale shaking hands with attendees of yesterday’s joint session of the Fono, a special session called by the governor. [photo: FS]")
“Holding Company” are the only two words in the Territorial Bank of American Samoa statute that need to be amended, paving the way for the Federal Reserve to issue a transiting routing number for the government-owned bank, said Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga during a news conference last Friday.
He...
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Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed a $9,385 federal grant for the American Samoa Department of Health.
“I appreciate this health funding for American Samoa,” said Aumua Amata. “Access to quality health services can be a major challenge in American Samoa, and federal support like...