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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Members of the House Commerce Committee told members of the PNRS Board (Project Notification and Review System) they should not have issued a land use permit for the American Samoa Power Authority (ASPA) to install a met tower at Aoloau.
Met towers are meteorological...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Chairman of the Senate Select Investigative Committee, Togiola Tulafono confirms he has no conflict of interest in chairing the hearing regarding the Nu’u Fou lands, which is set to start on Monday next week.
President of the Senate Tuaolo Manaia Fruean during Wednesday’...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In addition to the investigation into the Nu’u Fou lands, the Senate Select Investigative Committee (SSCI) has been tasked to investigate government projects such as the purchase of 65 acres of land in Kunia, Hawaii and the TALOFAPass.
President of the Senate, Tuaolo...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — LBJ Medical Center has reported a new COVID-19 related death, bringing the mortality tally to 33, since the first death relating to the deadly virus was documented in March this year, according to ASG officials present at Tuesday afternoon’s COVID-19 Task Force weekly...
Washington, D.C. — Uifa’atali Amata in a Wednesday speech on the floor of the United States House of Representatives supported Navy Lieutenant Ridge Alkonis, and filed a longer Statement for the Congressional Record.
In her speech to the House she said the case of US Navy Lieutenant Ridge Alkonis,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Senate President Tuaolo Manaia Fruean has directed Senators to look into increasing the taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages in the territory.
Tuaolo made the call during a Senate session this week, over claims the number of dialysis patients continues to increase.
“A lot...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Savelio Lautala, accused of assaulting a man by striking his head is now in custody after he was arrested last month.
Lautala, who made his initial appearance in Court last month is charged with one count of 2nd- degree assault, a class D felony, punishable by...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — At Tuesday’s COVID-19 Task Force weekly briefing, the Health Department presented information regarding the monkeypox outbreak in several countries including the U.S and that the vaccination for this new virus is available in the U.S but not yet in American Samoa,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Many people are very concerned over the high cost of living in American Samoa right now and some low income families are finding it difficult to provide for their families.
A lot of employees at the canneries say that the cost of living continues to increase every month...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Director for the Department of Homeland Security, Samana Semo Ve’ave’a told members of the House Homeland Security that the Territory’s terrorist law is a slap on the wrist and the FBI is seriously reviewing all information from the May bomb threat against the...