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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Today will be very busy for American Samoa as residents gear up for White Sunday, dedicated to our precious children, leading off a 3-day holiday weekend that ends on Monday with Columbus/ Indigenous Peoples Day.
WHITE SUNDAY
Introduced in the islands by Christian...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On September 27, 2023 at 11:20 AM Chief of Police Pouu’amea Tuaolo Supapo and Director of the Tafuna Correctional Facility met up and gathered information regarding the escape of Tauagiga Taele from confinement at the District Court.
Department of Public Safety Officers...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Visitors Bureau (ASVB) for the 2023 October Mosooi Festivities this week, held an “Experience, Explore, Enjoy, Exhibit Show”on Tuesday and Wednesday, at the Gov. H. Rex Lee Auditorium at Utulei.
ASVB Executive Director, Taimalelagi Minnie Tuia,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — LBJ top executives, who appeared before the Senate Hospital/ Public Health Committee hearing yesterday morning, were blasted by committee chairman Senator Tuiasina Dr. Salamo Laumoli.
The hospital delegation included CEO Dr. Akapusi Ledua, CFO Sefanaiya Kaumaitotoya,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — They are not your regular college students. Pictured are employees of StarKist Samoa who have taken over the ASCC campus in the evenings since Oct. 2, 2023.
StarKist clerks, administrators, IT employees, electricians, security officers and fish cleaners are taking night...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A woman phoned the Fagatogo Police Station on September 30, 2023 at 10:47 PM reporting that a man, identified as Christopher To’omata, had assaulted her brother and was causing a disturbance in Laulii Aumi.
When officers arrived at the scene, they met with the woman who...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Introduced by House Vice Speaker Fetu Fetui, Jr. last week, September 25, 2023, the House Finance Committee on Tuesday approved a supplemental bill of more than $15 million appropriating unobligated and unexpected revenues from FY 2022 for FY 2024. The bill then went to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Further queries that were raised during a hearing on the Territorial Bank of American Samoa (TBAS) included long lines at the ATMs, the FDIC issue and the bank’s audited financials.
They were among the issues discussed when Acting CEO of TBAS, Owen Peery and Director of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Department of Education’s Teacher Quality Office Division announced the 2024 Territory Teacher of the Year winner yesterday, October 4, 2024, as well as the 2024 Regional Teacher of the Year and two others as the 2024 Teachers of the Year.
The four teachers are the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Having expressed their disgruntlement and discontent at the government for spending $36 million without their approval, Senators yesterday were divided on the language of a concurrent resolution which calls for the Attorney General to request the court for an independent...