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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 29 year-old man was arrested last month on burglary and assault charges.
When questioned by police, the defendant, Siaki Iosua said it was the victim who started the fight. Furthermore, Iosua told police that he was desperate for money to buy beer and food for him and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — TSA is hiring Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) to work at Pago Pago International Airport (PPG) in American Samoa and according to a press release issued yesterday, the positions are a path to federal employment with all the applicable pay and benefits.
The agency...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Government has activated its Emergency Operations Center (EOC) in response to reports of underwater volcano activity reported by residents of Ofu and Fitiuta in Manu’a.
In a statement issued last night by the EOC indicated reports of the ground shaking...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In celebration of its 23 years in the territory, Bluesky Communications donated six Automated External Defibrillator (AED) machines to the public buildings that are well used by the public.
At a brief event held at the Bluesky Network operations center in Ili’ili,...
by Fili Sagapolutele
Samoa News Correspondent
The Development Bank of American Samoa (DBAS) has set two workshops today and tomorrow (Wednesday) for Tutuila island at the Gov. H. Rex Lee Auditorium for it’s “MAOTA” Affordable Home Loan Project (AHLP), which is funded with $8 million from American...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The proposed budget of the Department of Health, which is at the core of the fight against COVID-19 in the territory alongside the COVID-19 Task Force staff, increases by $5.03 million — from $10.10 million in 2022 to $15.17 million in 2023.
The total fiscal year 2023...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 24-year-old man accused of sexually abusing his 12-year-old cousin was arrested last week and charged.
The defendant was charged with two counts of sexual abuse in the first degree, a class D felony, punishable by a term of imprisonment of up to five years, a fine of...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata says the confirmation of Carmen Cantor as the Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Insular and International Affairs is part of the key to having a strong team on board at the Department of Interior focused specifically on the Territories and the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The FY2022 2nd Quarter Continuing Disclosure Report Updated and resubmitted by the American Samoa Economic Development Authority (ASEDA) on May 19, 2022, for the FY ending September 30, 2021, as part of its requirement to bondholders of the 2015, 2018, and 2021 series,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — After a slight drop in certain food commodities in the territory, food prices have again increased after a spike in prices for several food items, according to the June 2022 Basic Food Index (BFI) released this past Friday by the Commerce Department’s Statistics and...