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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Theresa Aniseko has disputed information released by the Department of Public Safety regarding her son Samuelu Aniseko.
“My son is 16 years old, not in his 20s, as indicated by Acting Police Commissioner Vaipuna Foifua Jr.
“Also the police are not looking for my son,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Senate, in a vote of 15-1 last week, approved in final reading the Administration’s $7.4 million Supplemental Budget for FY 2023.
Sen. Togiola T.A Tulafono cast the sole “no” vote. Before announcing the final vote, Senate President Tuaolo Manaia Fruean asked Togiola...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Senate unanimously confirmed Joseph Toloa’i Ho Ching II as a member of the American Samoa Government Employees Retirement Fund Board of Trustees during this past Thursday’s session.
At the outset of the five-minute confirmation hearing, Senate Retirement Committee...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A bill to prohibit the import, sale, distribution and use of styrofoam plates, cups, trays and other container products is now before the Fono.
To help transition from styrofoam to acceptable alternative containers, the bill provides a one-year reduction in excise taxes...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Governor’s State of the Territory Comprehensive Report has publicly confirmed that the Lemanu-Talauega Administration discontinued more than a year ago, the Lease Abatement Assistance Program for the tenants of the Sen. Daniel K. Inouye Industrial Park — commonly...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Acting Governor Talauega E. V. Ale in a statement says the Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, Jan. 16, 2023, will be observed as a holiday in American Samoa.
“All government offices will be closed and normal activities will be suspended on that day.
“Employees of the...
Washington, D.C. — Following the U.S. House election of its Speaker earlier this month, Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata at the request of House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Bruce Westerman, represented the Committee at the front end of a five-day whirlwind trip through Micronesia, which...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Department of Health Environmental Health Services is once again reminding members of the public that investigating price gouging is the responsibility of the Bureau of Consumer Protection.
This was cited on the ASDoH Environmental Health Services...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Department of Public Safety remains mum over queries regarding the prisoner that escaped from jail and attempted to break into the Territorial Bank of American Samoa (TBAS) in November last year.
Three months later this case remains pending with the Criminal...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Governor Lemanu P. S Mauga is making his way to Washington, D.C. for the National Governors Association and the Interagency Group on Insular Areas meetings.
While in Hawaii this week, the Governor had back-to -back meetings.
A statement issued by his office said, Lemanu...