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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samoa News previously reported on the 15 individuals that were apprehended in Pago Pago by the Vice and Narcotics Unit and Criminal Investigations Division during a recent drug bust, when a search warrant was executed on the residence of Monte Carlo Ieremia.
During the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Tafuna Correctional Facility (TCF) Warden, Papalii Marion Fitisemanu admitted to members of the House of Representatives, that TCF was at fault.
Papalii was referring to the suicide that happened at the Tafuna Correctional Facility September 7, 2023 when a young...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — While Gov. Lemanu P. S. Mauga and the ASG contingent are in Hawaii, depending on the availability of Governor Green, they are planning to officially present American Samoa’s fundraising efforts for Maui, according to Loa Tauapai Laupola, the Governor’s Chief of Staff.
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As Senate President Tuaolo Manaia Fruean had predicted last week, two supplemental appropriation bills were introduced on Monday in the Senate regular session.
Apart from the $36 million surplus for Fiscal Year 2023 which Tuaolo informed Senate members had already been...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Legislature’s FY 2024 Budget and Appropriations Committee has received more information from the ARPA Oversight Office.
ARPA personnel were called to a hearing before the Committee on August 24, 2023.
However during their testimony then, regarding the State and Local...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Senate in its regular session last Thursday amended and passed in the final reading, its bill to raise the cap on local investments by the American Samoa Government Employees Retirement Fund (ASGERF).
The original bill called for the removal of the 17% for local...
Washington, D.C. — American Samoa has received notice of $556,177 in federal funding for local mental health and substance abuse services.
This is a new grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), by application of the American Samoa Department of Health (ASDOH) for...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The amended bill to increase the office expense allowance of the Fono went through without a glitch in the third and final reading in the Senate last Thursday, with all 14 senators present voting yes.
The bill amends Section 2.0104 of the American Samoa Code Annotated....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Through a series of general memorandums, Governor Lemanu P. S. Mauga has made the following appointments:
ACTING PUBLIC DEFENDER
Rev. Asaua Falaniko Fuimaono has been appointed Acting Public Defender on September 13, 2023. His appointment follows the passing of former...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Governor Lemanu P. S. Mauga left the territory this past Thursday night to attend the second U.S.- Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Summit hosted by President Joe Biden at the White House. The summit takes place today, Monday, September 25, 2023 and continues tomorrow with...