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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Fuiavailili Keniseli Lafaele has received the green light to serve as a member of the Board of Trustees of the American Samoa Government Employees Retirement Fund.
Yesterday morning he was approved by the House of Representatives by unanimous vote, 14-0.
The Senate...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — One of the co-defendants in a 2021 case, where the windshield of a vehicle was damaged as well as a window of a restaurant in the Tafuna area is now in custody after being arrested last month.
Uale Falefata made his initial appearance in Court last month
He is charged...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The COVID-19 Outbreak Situational Report, as of Mar. 31, shows total cumulative counts to date at 4,413 confirmed community cases, 7 deaths, 1,510 treated with therapeutics.
Additionally, data shows 1,194 individuals who previously tested positive have now recovered or...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — More than fifty-five ASG ethics officers received Certificates of Completion on Monday, March 28, 2022, after completing a course in Ethical Decision-Making for Governmental Employees from Graduate School USA — Pacific & Virgin Islands Training Initiatives.
American...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Senators have rejected the House amendments to the Senate joint resolution to have the Fono meet year round.
The House of Representatives had its own views on the duration of legislative sessions, different from the Senate, amending the resolution to have the Fono meet...
HONOLULU — This past week in Hawaiʻi, Department of the Interior leadership convened a workshop with federal partners and teams from several of the U.S. Territories — American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands — to discuss strategies to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 35-year-old man accused of assaulting his aunt’s boyfriend was arrested by police last month, where he made his initial appearance in Court.
Fuifatu Vaega is charged with 2nd-degree assault and 1st-degree property damage, both class D felony, punishable by imprisonment...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) Banking Group Limited, is closing down its ANZ Amerika Samoa Bank operations in American Samoa by the end of September this year, according to a corporate news release, while a notice to local customers outlined dates of the bank’s...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — ASG Acting Treasurer Levi Reese, in a brief statement Thursday announced that the third batch of tax refunds — more than $1.1 million — is scheduled for release Friday, Apr. 1.
A total of 267 taxpayers who filed Feb. 2, will be getting their refunds —with 31 individuals...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The House of Representatives approved a resolution requesting a study for the construction of a bridge between Tutuila and Aunu’u.
According of the resolution, traveling by boat between Aunuu and Tutuila is one of the most dangerous forms of transportation in the...