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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Governor Lemanu P. S. Mauga, along with Lt Governor Talauega E. V. Ale convened the weekly Cabinet Meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023 and addressed a number of topics.
During the meeting Gov Lemanu congratulated Poumele A. P. Galea’i for his appointment to the Senate by...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The seat for Manu’a District #1 in the Senate, which was left vacant after the passing of Senator Tauiliili Paopao Lauifi in July, has been filled after the swearing-in last Friday of Poumele Pete Poumele Galea’i.
Before the ceremony, Senate President Tuaolo Manaia...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Beneficiaries of the Department of Human and Social Services’ Food Stamp Program are receiving the hefty amounts of $773 and $544 in Food Stamps for the month of September.
This was revealed by DHSS Director Muavaefaatasi John Suisala in his department’s budget hearing...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Office of Vital Statistics (OVS) on Friday announced that it has resumed issuing ID Cards to the general public, effective immediately. This service had previously been suspended due to operational constraints, but no further information was available.
In the press...
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,...