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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Larceny, burglary, and assault were the top three crimes committed in American Samoa during fiscal year 2021 — Oct. 01, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2021, as reported by the Department of Public Safety data in the American Samoa 2021 Statistical Yearbook, released last week by the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Secretary of the Department of Local Government (Samoan Affairs), Paramount Chief Mauga Tasi Asuega raised some important issues when he testified at the Senate and House Budget Appropriations Committee joint hearings on the government’s proposed budget for Fiscal...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Government leaders and Am Samoa’s educators gathered at the Cathedral of the Holy Family at Fatuoaiga this past Sunday, August 27, 2023 for a church service in preparation for the opening of the new school year in the territory.
The congregation was filled with dedicated...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Aumua Amata, as part of a bipartisan Congressional Delegation (CODEL), surveyed the wildfire devastation in Maui with her colleagues, and met with Hawaii officials.
The Members of Congress viewed and assessed the fire’s devastating impacts, received...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa’s Annual Budget Hearings- 2024 once again bring local Senators and Faipule together for a seven-day deliberation starting this week Monday, Aug. 28, at the fale Samoa senators currently use as their chambers, in Fagatogo.
House of Representatives Standing...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Moving forward to improve conditions at TCF was a huge concern House members voiced during the House Public Safety Committee hearing on Thursday morning Aug 24, 2023 where Director of the Department of Corrections (DOC) Tauanuu Semo Faisiota, Tafuna Correctional Facility...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — House Bill 38.26 was introduced for its first reading on Wednesday last week in the House of Representatives. The bill seeks to create a new provision within Title 11, Chapter 10 of the Excise Tax on Imports, where it would allow for retired U.S. military veterans and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An individual called Fagatogo police headquarters on August 12, 2023 at 10:19 P.M. in regard to a woman, later identified as a Juliet McCarthy, making loud noises in front of his residence.
Officers then proceed to check out the alleged claim and upon reaching the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Performance Audit of the American Samoa Visitors Bureau by the Territorial Audit Office for three fiscal years ending Sept. 30, 2022, provided an inside summary of the work by the Bureau and the impact of the local tourism industry in the midst of COVID-19.
According...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Mrs. Vera Talamoa Peck of Leone High School represented American Samoa at this year’s Marine Corps Educator’s workshop, from July 31 to August 4, 2023 in San Diego, CA. She is the first candidate from American Samoa to go to a Marine Corps Educator’s Workshop.
The...