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WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Ed Case (D) Hawaii joined Congressional delegates from Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa in a letter to U.S. Small Business Administration administrator Isabel Guzman calling for enhanced budgeting and staffing for SBA’s Hawaii District Office.
The...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In May, the United States Department of Justice took action in a letter to Congress in which it committed to “not rely on or seek to extend the doctrine of territorial incorporation established by the Insular Cases.”
Now, the Department has issued formal guidance related...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In what has become a tradition at the American Samoa Community College (ASCC), early in each spring and fall semester the ASCC-based Alpha Epsilon Mu chapter of the nation-wide Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) Honor Society holds its induction ceremony for new members. The PTK...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has proposed listing 10 giant clam species as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
This proposal follows lengthy discussion after a 2016 petition. NMFS’s status review suggests listing five species...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Fono passed the ASG budget bill for FY 2025 totaling $733.6 million yesterday with amendments from both chambers that didn’t increase the budget but reallocated funds to areas that each chamber believed were necessary.
The House of Representatives unanimously passed...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Senate approved in its final reading yesterday, a bill introduced by Senate President Tuaolo Manaia Fruean, which reduces the term of the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) from six years to four years.
Attorney General Fainuulelei Alailima-Utu, who testified on the bill...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming Wednesday’s action in a U.S. Senate legislative hearing that moves forward her House-passed bill for American Samoa, H.R. 6062. This self-determination bill, in fulfillment of an unanimous request by a Fono Resolution and Governor...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump emerged Wednesday from a rocky debate against Kamala Harris looking to regain his footing with 55 days until Election Day, the first ballots already going out in Alabama and other states on the cusp of early voting.
Not even three months ago, Trump stepped off the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Aumua Amata released the following statement yesterday remembering September 11, 2001.
“Our nation will always remember September 11th, a day that changed our country and revealed heroes. September 11th causes us to think of those who lost lives...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The recent decision by the LBJ Board of Directors to terminate the contract of former CEO Dr. Akapusi Ledua, who denies violating any policies or regulations, along with allegations from terminated COO Dr. Jean Anderson that a board member instructed her to sole-source a...