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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A young man with several bench warrants and a large number of traffic fines was arrested last week on allegations of unlawful drug possession.
Taeao Auelua made his initial appearance in District Court and bail was set at $5,000 cash. He is charged with one count of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — At Thursday’s Senate session, the issue of the new Fono building was raised by Sen. Utu Sila Poasa, who noted that the Senate Government Operations Committee, chaired by Sen. Togiola T.A. Tulafono had recently sent a request for information to Department of Public Works...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — To assure the safety of American Samoans from the deadly COVID-19 virus when the first repatriation flight arrives in the territory next Monday, Feb. 1, 2020, Aua Representative Faimealelei Anthony Fu’e Allen has petitioned the House Speaker for a chance to send 200...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Five more director-nominees submitted by Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga to the Fono were introduced this week in the House of Representatives and assigned to the appropriate committees for confirmation hearings next week. The same nominees were already...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — During its session yesterday, the Senate confirm two more cabinet nominees — both of whom will be going through their confirmation process in the House of Representatives in the coming days.
In a unanimous 18-0 vote, senators confirmed Ti’alemasunu Dr. Mikaele Etuale as...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As American Samoa prepares for its first repatriation flight, Sen. Soliai Tuipine Fuimaono requested to make it mandatory for all senators, Senate employees and anyone else who enters the Senate chamber to wear a face mask — as a protective measure against COVID-19....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The federal court in Washington D.C. has granted a request by former Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) inmate, James Glenn Barlow to dismiss without prejudice his complaint against the US Secretary of Interior over his 2014 wrongful conviction in the High Court of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Data rreleased Wednesday by the Health Department provides a breakdown of those who have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine by age group.
Based on the data, DoH said that the territory’s population of 61 years and older, who may be living with chronic...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Saole Representative, Titialii Kitara Vaiau has requested pay raises for lawmakers saying that the current annual salary is not enough to take care of lawmakers’ daily work and business. Even the $10,000 each lawmaker received from the government through the CARES...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “We are planning to promote small business development in the territory; fostering partnerships — both public and private; looking at new investments and developing our local products,” said Petti Tagipo Matila, who is the governor’s nominee to head the Dept. of Commerce...