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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Senate Select Investigative Committee met yesterday after the regular session to discuss the report prepared by the Department of Homeland Security on the cross-border trip by the locally-owned boat Kite Runner to Samoa and back.
SSIC Chairman Senator Togiola T.A....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The hearing before the Senate Select Investigative Committee (SSIC) last week revealed that a lack of proper action to hold government officials accountable for their involvement in the American Samoan-registered boat, Kite Runner, is a "national embarrassment,"...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa's Human Resource Director Lynn Pulou-Alaimalo, along with the Assistant Attorney General Lynne Blankenbeker, were called before the House last week Thursday to explain the language of an amendment to the legislation concerning military leave in American...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — All thirteen House representatives present at last week Wednesday’s House session voted yes to a bill that would add $20,000 to the office expense allowances of the Fono, which becomes effective as soon as it’s signed into law by the Governor.
In addition, the Senate has...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is congratulating the American Samoa Community College and the Christopher James Foeoletini Ledoux Foundation for their new federal ANA grant awards.
ASCC GRANT
ASCC will receive $400,000 yearly for three years, totaling $1.2 million. These ANA...
Saipan, CNMI — The Northern Marianas customs authority has seized 4.5 kilograms of liquid methamphetamine (meth) smuggled in glitter lava lamps.
The Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Division of Customs and Biosecurity estimated the street value of the illegal drug was US$1.8 million. meth...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A team of four Registered Nurses from the Thai USA Company are here to check out how the Registered Nurses contracted from Thailand are doing in a US territory.
Thai Nurse USA is run by Registered Nurses originally from Thailand but work and live in the USA.
They...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Senate Select Investigative Committee (SSIC) on Monday resumed hearings on the government’s $6.4 million TALOFAPass web system proved by the Honolulu-based company DataHouse Consulting Inc. by questioning the company’s local representative Mrs. Saipai Cassens-A'etonu...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On September 21, 2023, at 12:55 PM a woman called the Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) reporting that she had been assaulted by a woman in Nu’uuli in front of the Litani building.
Officers responded to the call and arrived at the Litani building, where they observed two...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata took part in a Thursday oversight hearing examining the United States Coast Guard’s contributions to maritime security in the Indo-Pacific, and the importance of the region to U.S. security interests.
For purposes of participating in this hearing,...