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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Three men, Eneliko Samuelu, Lui Taula and Lavea’i Filo made their initial appearances in Court last month, on drug charges.
Samuelu and Taula are each charged with one count of unlawful possession of methamphetamine (meth), a felony.
Bail for Samuelu and Taula were each...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The ASG Tax Office will resume its free tax filing assistance program next Monday, Mar. 21 with certain stipulations. According to Treasury, tax filing assistance is available on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, from 8a.m. to 2p.m.
The free service — not available on...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a 3-hour hearing before the House Committee on Health, chaired by Faipule Andra Samoa, yesterday, Thursday, Mar. 17, Medicaid director Sandra King Young testified that TALOFAPASS, the online platform solution that ASG created in 2021 to manage and continue travel...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — At Monday’s virtual news conference, Health director Motusa Tuileapa Nua said DoH’s plan for vaccinations in Manu’a continues to move forward, but the department “hasn’t had the opportunity to provide testing in Manu’a” where there’s no reported COVID-19 cases.
He also...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Medicaid State Agency — referred to as the ASG Medicaid Office — continues to pursue a pathway in Hawaii to establish a non-emergency off-island medical referral program for local residents seeking treatment.
After months of meetings and conversations...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — People who applied for fisher grants under the CARES Act are now taking the issue to their faipule who have scheduled a hearing after learning that many of their constituents are still waiting for their checks more than a year after filing their applications.
When...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata attended Wednesday’s speech to Congress by Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, and said there is strong bipartisan support for Ukraine’s fight to preserve independence from Russia.
“President Zelensky gave an emotional and powerful plea for...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Four non-profit organizations — Esther Generation, Rotaract of Pago Pago, Christopher James Foeoletini Foundation and Agency for Better Living Endeavors — have joined forces recently launching the “Give Light Initiative” — as seen in the image — to help provide...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Office of Disaster Assistance and Petroleum Management (ODAPM) director Lisa Tuato’o has been named American Samoa’s territorial representative to the U.S Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Mitigation Framework Leadership Group (MitFLG).
Aly Briscoe, Secretariat for...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man and his wife accused of beating up his 17-year-old sister were arrested and charged.
The couple made their initial appearances in District Court last week.
The man, Stan Purcell is charged with one count of abuse of a child, a class D felony, punishable by a term...