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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Vice Speaker of the House, Fetui Fetu Jr did not mince words during a House Session this week when he informed faipule about the decision by the Territorial Bank of American Samoa (TBAS) to terminate three employees. One of the three employees, according to Fetui is his...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga has directed cabinet members to properly dispose of “unserviceable” United States and American Samoa flags and replace them with “presentable flags” to be flown.
The governor’s directive, outlined in a Feb. 2 memorandum, comes amid long standing...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata welcomed an extension of American Samoa’s key Federal Medicaid Assistance Percentages (FMAP) in short term legislation to fund the federal government through March 11, 2022 in a stopgap measure, which the U.S. House of Representatives passed Tuesday...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — During the sentencing of a man from Samoa convicted of violating local drug laws, the court told him that the only option for the court to deal with foreigners who come into American Samoa and violate territorial drug laws is to send them back to their countries, in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The COVID-19 Task Force acknowledged during their weekly meeting this past Monday that the high number of positive cases recently reported in quarantine have not only “tested the medical community’s response but also the travelers’ patience.”
It also resulted in the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The man arrested in a police raid on Ofu, Manu’a in the middle of 2020 where drugs, guns, ammunitions and paraphernalia were discovered — is now being charged for violating local drug laws.
Apelu Liulamaga made his initial appearance in District Court last week....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On Friday, January 28, the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) received word from the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC), a division of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), that the ACCJC has affirmed the accreditation...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Rep. Avagafono Tuavao Vaimaga Maiava has called out to leaders of the American Samoa Government (ASG) to take the issue of increased positive cases of COVID-19 at the border seriously and consider a move to prevent further consequences.
During the House Session on Monday...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The latest Health Department data as of Monday this week shows a total of 39 new COVID-19 infections or true positives following the third test of travelers who were on board the Jan. 27 flight from Honolulu and as well as quarantine staff connected with this flight....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man convicted for violating local drug laws was released from the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) last week after the court decided that the 9-1/2 months he served while awaiting the outcome of his case is sufficient for the crime he committed.
Danny Mikaele...