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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Department of Legal Affairs, which includes the Attorney General’s Office, plans to establish a program for citizens of Samoa to enable them to travel to American Samoa for up to seven days without obtaining an Entry Permit.
This is according to a provision of the “...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Fono continues its Joint Budget Hearings and in addition, members of the Senate heard from the nominee for Territorial Auditor in a confirmation hearing last week Friday.
ASTCA BUDGET HEARING
The American Samoa Telecommunications Authority has not been able to sell...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu P. S. Mauga is proposing salary increases for lawmakers, saying that the cost of living has gone up since 1982 — the last time Fono members received a pay hike.
Under current law, the annual salary of the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A federal judge in Honolulu has sentenced a Samoan man who pled guilty to the theft of public money as well as passport fraud to just over one-year imprisonment and ordered him to pay restitution of more than $100,000, according to court records.
As previously reported...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Governor Lemanu P. S. Mauga, is not sitting still over push back to his plans to build a new hospital across from the Lions Park area. In a statement published in Samoa News on Wednesday and again today, he is taking the fight to the public and is rejecting the loud...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a statement Wednesday to Samoa News, the Fagatogo Village Council announced that in its continued beautification effort, it “has partnered with local businesses in a much-needed public area facelift.”
A list of the businesses is forthcoming, but the Village Council,...
Lahaina, MAUI — Despite beautiful blue skies, a constant reminder of the lost ones is ever present in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii — as these “missing” posters attest.
The Am Samoa Humanitarian Relief efforts for Lahaina continue, with the donation drive started on Sept. 4, 2023.
Closing is this Saturday...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The sudden loss of a mother and then followed by a father the following day is the most devastating experience for the five children left behind,” said an emotional mother who goes to the same church with the late couple, at Mapusaga Fou.
The church member said she was...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — AJC International, Inc. of Atlanta, GA, is recalling approximately 17,428 pounds of frozen, raw pork products that were not presented for import re-inspection into the United States, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Office of Vital Statistics (OVS) will be temporarily suspending the issuance of OVS ID Cards starting from September 6, 2023 until further notice. We are unable to continue the issuance of OVS ID Cards for the time being. We apologize for the inconvenience this may...