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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In the House of Representatives, a bill to increase the taxes on all soft drinks or nonalcoholic carbonated beverages was introduced in the House of Representatives this week. If passed by the Fono, the excise tax on sodas will be doubled.
The bill proposes to hike the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The drug bust in the village of Aua early Monday morning raised a lot of mixed emotions from members of the community especially families from Aua.
Some were not happy saying cops are only tracking down the users and the pushers and not those responsible for bringing the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Due to “upsetting economic trends” and the high cost of living the Senate is calling on the American Samoa Government to conduct an economic impact study on COVID-19 and how it relates to the American Samoa cost of living.
This is outlined in a Senate Resolution...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu P.S. Mauga has urged the U.S National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to use its “inherent discretion” to grant an exemption to high seas limits for purse seiner vessels based in American Samoa, whose economy is dependent on the cannery — which is the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A hearing to seek answers from government officials about complaints from several EMS employees regarding the transfer of their employment record files from LBJ Medical Center to the Search and Rescue Agency (SRA), was held before the House Government Operations...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “For us in American Samoa, disaster resilience is not a matter of choice. It is a matter of survival,” declared Attorney General Fainu’ulelei Falefatu Alailima-Utu who is currently acting governor while both the Governor and Lt. Gov are off island. He made the comment...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Medical Center Authority budget for the new fiscal year outlines an increase of $15 million allocated for salaries.
In the current fiscal year, personnel expenses were $29.81 million, but the new budget has personnel at $45.27 million. The entire...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man with an outstanding arrest warrant was picked up by police last month. Finauvale Aniseko is implicated in two separate drug cases.
When cops arrested the defendant, they discovered illegal drugs in his possession.
In the first case, Aniseko is charged with unlawful...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming inclusion of American Samoa’s federal matching rate for Medicaid, known as FMAP, in a Continuing Resolution that would fund the U.S. government until December 16, 2022. This extension would allow Congress time to complete major...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A huge quantity of methamphetamine (meth) along with drug paraphernalia was discovered when armed DPS Vice and Narcotics officers executed a search warrant at the Aua home of a former police officer early yesterday morning.
No weapons were found during the raid.
Five...