Local News
![[SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/EOB_1web_32.jpg?itok=CuQMX4-g "[SN file photo]")
If enacted into law, all American Samoa Government employees, including contract workers, elected officials and political appointees will be subject to alcohol and drug testing. And applicants seeking a job in government will also be subject to drug testing before being considered for the job,...
![[SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ASTCA_4.jpg?itok=fFrJbliH "[SN file photo]")
Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has directed that all purchases by American Samoa Government entities regarding telecommunication needs should only be with the American Samoa TeleCommunications Authority, not its “competitor”.
The governor’ s directive was outlined in an Aug. 15 memo, titled “Support of...
This year’s Workforce Appreciation Day, an initiative started four years ago when the Lolo Administration took office in January 2013, is set for next Friday, Sept. 1 — ahead of the Sept. 4 Labor Day holiday. The committee charged with overseeing the event gave a presentation during the recent...
![[photo: FS]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/bluesky%20winner.jpg?itok=jh-Q405C "[photo: FS]")
Vaitogi resident, Fontela Faifaimalie (far right) raising her hand and sounding o a loud cheer, after officially being declared by Bluesky official, Sherry Sele (middle), as the winner of a 2017 Ford Explorer — part of Bluesky’s 18th birthday celebration give- away — during Saturday’s presentation...
![[SN file photo]](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/AM%20Samoa%20HC_45.jpeg?itok=xNcOUkJ8 "[SN file photo]")
Makerita Leituane, who pled guilty to embezzlement for mis-appropriating over $18K while working for ASPA’s Aunu’u office, was sentenced last Friday to 7 straight years in prison — meaning no conditions for probation, no work release. But, she is not ordered to pay restitution of any amount for her...
WASHINGTON — U.S. Deputy Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt, with the National Park Service, last week announced $30,959 in Historic Preservation Grants to American Samoa. The announcement is part of $21 million in grants announced today across the nation, which represents a total of $58...
American Samoa's agriculture authorities are optimistic the territory can begin exporting agricultural goods to the US by next year.
The Director of Agriculture Filifaatali Mike Fuiava has been at a meeting of the Western US Agricultural Trade Association which offered to help American Samoa send...
As summer comes to an end and young people around the island are preparing to tackle the new school year, college students crowded the ASCC campus earlier this week when it opened up registration on Monday.
Registration will continue throughout the week.
ASCC staff is staying busy, shuffling...
The American Samoa Government’s overtime policy is still not being followed as US Department of Labor officials have raised questions on this serious issue, according to Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga at last Thursday’s cabinet meeting.
Lolo says there are still problems with departments and agencies...
While the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) conducts a review of ASG’s public debt status, Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has shared with the investigative arm of the US Congress, that the territory’s economy is defined by just one industry - the cannery - and efforts to develop and diversify...