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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Last week, the Senate rejected the House amendments and as of yesterday, no word on whether there will be a conference committee on the proposed constitutional amendment that would extend the Fono session.
Senate President Tuaolo Manaia Fruean had asked that the House to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 30-year-old man was picked up on an arrest warrant on the allegation that he unlawfully entered the home of a family and stole several items including power tools, clothes and other personal belongings.
The government has filed two separate criminal cases against Aleni...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As the community surge of COVID-19 continues — now exceeding 1,500 overall positives through Mar. 20 — the COVID-19 Task Force is requiring travelers on the Mar. 31 flight from Honolulu to go through supervised quarantine upon arrival in the territory, Lt. Gov. Talauega...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Sen. Togiola T.A. Tulafono said the number of local Samoan attorneys in private practice has decreased and predicts that in five years time only two or three of them will be members of the American Samoa Bar Association.
Togiola’s statement made at last Friday’s Senate...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga has re-established the territory’s State Workforce Development Board in order to comply with provisions of the federal Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act (WIOA).
And establishing such a board is one of the requirements for continued...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The latest report by the Commerce Department’s Statistics & Analysis Division shows a continuing increase in the cost of basic food items in American Samoa, as witnessed by consumers in the past months and they have complained publicly on the high costs.
As of last...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Dept. of Health statistics are showing that 82.1% of American Samoa’s total population is now fully vaccinated.
Latest posted count of new cases after testing on Saturday, March 19 brings the total of COVID cases as of that date to 1,495. There were no new...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata released the following statement upon the passing of Congressman Don Young of Alaska, the Dean of the House.
(Wikipedia says the dean of the United States House of Representatives is the longest continuously serving member of the House.)
“When I...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The driver of a pickup truck, in which investigators allegedly found four small stamp sized baggies containing a white crystalline substance and drug paraphernalia, has been arrested and charged with unlawful possession of drugs.
Anesi Taualai, made his initial...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Rep. Lua’itaua Gene Pan believes that the move by the American Samoa Government (ASG) to award almost $7million to fund the TALOFAPASS computer system — which was described by the director of the local Medicaid office, Sandra King Young during her testimony before the...