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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Department of Human Resources is celebrating the long service of American Samoa Government employees.
This was confirmed in a statement released by the DHR in response to Samoa News questions.
According to DHR, the government is celebrating 115 public servants with...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “In our view, the Tax Office was not effective in enforcing collection efforts and its records indicated a significant number of businesses have outstanding unpaid taxes and balances were delinquent,” wrote acting Territorial Auditor, Tofa Sualauvi H. Su’a in late...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A Samoan man residing in Hawaii has pled not guilty to three federal charges, including obtaining more than $117,000 in Social Security Administration benefits using another person’s name.
Laneserota Fa’avesi Seufale appeared Monday at the federal court in Honolulu where...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The work of the Atoa o Samoa is bearing fruit already. This past week, the American Samoa Telecommunications Authority (ASTCA) and Samoa’s Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MCIT) signed a Memorandum of Understanding in the territory.
The signing...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On Dec. 3, government leaders delivered Christmas gifts to the residents of Hope House at Fatu O Aiga. Gov. Lemanu P. S Mauga and First Lady Ella Mauga; Lt. Governor Talauega E. V Ale and his wife Marian McGuire Ale were in attendance.
According to a gov’t statement,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Governor’s Resilience Commission was scheduled to hold a conference call yesterday with the U.S Government Accountability Office (GAO), which has initiated the engagement of addressing climate change risks in the Indo Pacific Region.
Gov. Lemanu P. S Mauga in a Dec....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man has been charged for allegedly assaulting his pregnant wife. To protect the identity of the wife, Samoa News has opted not to name the defendant in this case.
The defendant is held on bail of $30,000 and he was in court yesterday for his preliminary examination...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa TeleCommunications Authority staff celebrated 50 years of its service in the territory over the weekend.
The ceremony was held together with the Authority’s Christmas party at Tradewinds Hotel.
ASTCA Director Chuck Leota told Samoa News in an email...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Community College (ASCC) will hold its 77th Commencement Ceremony this Friday, Dec. 16, beginning at 10 a.m in the Department of Youth and Women’s Affairs (DYWA) Gymnasium in Tafuna. 138 ASCC students are prospective graduates for the fall 2022...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Lemanu and Talauega administration has rejected a request by the hospital CEO to “divert funding” for the new $21 million hospital to upgrade the current hospital.
This was confirmed by Chief of Staff Loa Tauapa’i Laupola in response to questions from Samoa News.
Loa...