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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Rep. Faimealelei Anthony Fu’e Allen has raised his concern over the closure of the EMS headquarters in Faga’alu by Health officials.
As a member of the LBJ Medical Center Board, Faimealelei said he conducted a site visit to the EMS main office last week and discovered...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With the House of Representative taking rumors that the ANZ Bank is preparing to leave the territory very seriously, one of the questions that was raised in the House Chamber last week is whether the Territorial Bank of American Samoa (TBAS) can handle all of the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With the November 2022 midterm election only months away, the Election Office has issued a reminder to all “unformed services voters, overseas voters and local students” attending institutions of learning outside of American Samoa to submit their request for an 2022...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The House of Representatives has approved the Senate version of a proposed constitutional amendment dealing with the veto override power, which currently rests with the Secretary of Interior.
The measure that the House acted on last Friday is the Senate version of the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The two inmates charged and convicted of assaulting another inmate while inside the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) in March of 2020 received light sentences from the High Court.
The two inmates, Ryan Pite and Faafetai Lefatia III appeared in High Court recently...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga has declared that American Samoa is now under “Code Red” threat level for at least a week, following reports from health officials of community transmission of COVID-19 virus in the territory.
The governor made the emergency announcement in a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Lt. Gov. Talauega Eleasalo V. Ale has been appointed chairman of the American Samoa Resilience Commission (ASRC) during an opening ceremony last week Tuesday at the Veterans Affairs Office in Tafuna with the commission’s first meeting set for Mar. 16, according to a news...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa joins the rest of the nation in observing Monday, Feb. 21 as President’s Day, and all ASG and federal offices are closed today.
“President’s Day is a time to commemorate all who had the distinguished privilege to lead our great nation,” Gov. Lemanu Peleti...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa Police have confirmed an investigation has been launched into allegations by staff of the Samoa Tourism Authority (STA) against Chief Executive Officer Fa'amatuāinu Lenata'I Suifua.
TV1Samoa reports Assistant Police Commissioner Auapa'au Logoitino Filipo confirmed they had...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Taulagi Lavea of Tafuna was initially charged in two separate cases — in the first case he is charged with second degree burglary, attempted burglary and stealing; and in the second case, with stealing and first degree burglary.
However, in a plea agreement with the...