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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Fono's Joint Budget and Appropriations Committee has made several significant changes to the American Samoa Government's proposed Fiscal Year 2027 budget during closed-door deliberations held yesterday.
Members of the media who arrived to cover the budget discussions...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Senate has given final approval to a major new bill called the Money Laundering Prevention and Enforcement Act of 2026. The goal of this law is simple: to create strong, clear criminal rules that make it illegal to hide or move money earned through crime in American...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On September 12, 2026, a woman called the Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) to report a disturbance behind a fast food restaurant in the village of Nu’uuli. A man, later identified as Pinati Tomani, was arrested following the incident.
He was later charged with:
Count 1:...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming notice from the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) Office of Justice Programs of an award to the American Samoa Criminal Justice Planning Agency (CJPA) for victim assistance services.
This discretionary federal award, dated September...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In American Samoa, we remember Congressman Eni Faleomavaega for many things: his decades of public service, his commanding voice in Washington, his advocacy for Pacific peoples, and his insistence that our small islands should never be treated as an afterthought in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Government’s unpaid contributions to the Government Employees Retirement Fund have grown to $31.2 million, according to Executive Director Vaitautolu Faafetai Iaulualo.
A breakdown provided to senators shows: ASG owes $27.9 million, ASCC owes $2.8...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is congratulating American Samoa’s Salamasina July Fuimaono and her research team on receiving the Best Research Project Award at the 2026 AI4LAM Fantastic Futures conference in Washington, D.C.
Fuimaono and fellow researchers Yangyang Chen, Rebecca...
Washington, D.C. — H.R. 6448, the Rural Airport Infrastructure Support Act of 2026, was passed unanimously last Friday by the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
This bill to increase federal support for eligible airport infrastructure projects in U.S. territories and qualifying...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is congratulating American Samoa’s Salamasina July Fuimaono and her research team on receiving the Best Research Project Award at the 2026 AI4LAM Fantastic Futures conference in Washington, D.C.
Fuimaono and fellow researchers Yangyang Chen, Rebecca...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Senate has unanimously approved legislation creating the Anti‑Kickback Prohibition Act of 2026, a measure aimed at closing long‑standing gaps in procurement oversight and establishing a uniform, enforceable standard across all government entities.
According to the...