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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A U.S Federal Emergency Management (FEMA) recovery team is scheduled to arrive Thursday night after U.S President Joe Biden’s disaster declaration issued last week following high surf, high winds and flooding that impacted the territory from July 12-15, 2022, according...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Another round of tax refund checks — totaling more than $2 million — is scheduled for release today, Monday, Sept. 19, providing another cash infusion into the local economy.
In a brief statement issued last Friday afternoon, ASG Treasurer, Malemo Tausaga announced that...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Senate is challenging in court the legitimacy of the Governor’s executive order separating the corrections and fire division from Department of Public Safety.
This is according Budget Chairman, Senator Magalei Logovii in an interview with Samoa News.
The comments by...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As earlier reported on samoanews.com, U.S President Joe Biden has approved American Samoa’s federal request for a Presidential Disaster Declaration following high surf, high winds and flooding that impacted the territory in July this year, especially shoreline villages...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man with a warrant for violating conditions of his probation is now charged with violating local drug laws after drugs were allegedly found in his possession when he was arrested by a court marshal.
Christopher Patu appeared in District Court last month for his initial...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming notice of $467,587 in federal funds for American Samoa's criminal justice system. These funds are part of the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant funding program of the US Justice Department's Office of Justice Programs (OJP...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Senate is proposing changes to the American Samoa Government’s budget of $693.41 million for the new financial year effective next month.
“We will not allocate the budget for Corrections, Marine Patrol or the Fire Division, as a matter of fact, we will transfer their...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Faletolu Ilaoa was a passenger in a pick-up truck that was pulled over by police on the early morning of June 20, 2022, in Malaeimi for traffic violations, and two glass pipes containing white crystalline substance were found in his pants pocket.
Ilaoa during the traffic...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — ASG Medicaid director Sandra King-Young has been making the rounds in Washington D.C., meeting earlier this week with Congressional committees with jurisdiction over the federal Medicaid program speaking about two issues important to American Samoa.
One issue is the...
Honolulu, HAWAII — The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council’s Scientific and Statistical Committee heard a presentation by Bob Richmond, University of Hawai‘i professor and coauthor on the proposal to expand the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, on the scientific...