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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Employee Retention Credit (ERC) Group will be arriving in American Samoa this week, July 13 and will be here through July 24, 2023.
In recent emails to Samoa News, ERC Mission ERC co-founder Kristal Tabangay-Barnhill and one of the group’s team members — Ms Tina...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Senate yesterday, July 11, 2023, passed a Concurrent Resolution offering its condolences to the family of former Senator Gaea Perefoti Failautusi, who passed away last month.
He served one four-year term as a Senator for the Tualauta District; and he is also a former...
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata took part in a Congressional Delegation (CODEL) in her role as Vice Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs that included the Landstuhl Medical Center, an Army medical facility.
“Our military conducts healthcare all over the world,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Through the regulatory process, the Health Department has proposed to implement a new fee schedule for Facility Health Permits, creating a new regulation under the American Samoa Administrative Code.
The proposed fees were announced by DoH in a July 6, “Notice of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The swearing-in of Olo Uluao Letuli to be the new senator for Fofo County was the Senate’s first business of the day yesterday morning, as it convened for the Second Regular Session of the 38th Legislature of American Samoa.
The senatorial seat for Fofo County was left...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A decline in the price of eggs and two other food items has been cited as “most responsible” for the decrease in the Basic Food Index (BFI) for the month of June, according to the June 2023 BFI released last week by the Commerce Department’s Statistics and Analysis...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Five individuals were arrested over the weekend after attacking two off-duty officers at the McDonald’s in Tafuna after a night of out at the Bowling Alley.
According to court documents, at about 3:05 AM on July 9, 2023, Central Station relayed information to the Tafuna...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A Nu’uuli faipule was allegedly threatened by a neighbor the day before July 4th.
Court documents disclosed that in Mapusaga, John Schuster allegedly threatened Tautoloitua Sauasetoa Ho Ching by saying he was going to burn his house down and was going to take a gun and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — During the House Of Representatives’ second regular session, which began Monday, July 10, 2023, a house concurrent resolution was introduced that conveyed the American Samoa Legislature’s deepest condolences to Mrs. Fa’atiuoamoa Filoali’i, the children and the Filoali’i...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Governor Lemanu P. S. Mauga’s nomination of Faipule Vailoata Eteuati Amituanai as a member of the Immigration Board of American Samoa was introduced in the Senate on Monday July 10, 2023.
“This resolution confirms the Governor’s nomination of Representative Vailoata...