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Election Office in Tafuna with Election 2020 banners
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With the Nov. 3, 2020 general election just three months away, chief election officer Dr. Lealofi Uiagalelei on Monday issued a reminder of ongoing activities by the Election Office, and one of them is encouraging local qualified residents who have not registered to vote...
Traffic in front of the Laufou Shopping Center
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Tualauta Representative, Larry Sanitoa has requested a hearing with officials from the American Samoa Government (ASG), especially the Public Works Director, Faleosina Voigt to explain to members of the House of Representatives the reason behind the decision by Governor...
Samoa Airways Twin Otter
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — At Sunday’s cabinet meeting, Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga said the repatriation flights to bring back home local residents stranded in Samoa will run for this one last week and starting Aug. 1, for a period of two weeks, the flights will bring in specialized workers needed...
American Samoa District Court building
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 54-year-old Tongan national accused of assaulting his own brother with a machete four years ago is now in custody after he was arrested last week. Timote Afemui was arrested when he went to the District Court to pick up an immigration clearance, and the clerk...
TBAS welcome sign
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Territorial Bank of American Samoa announced on Friday that effective immediately all commercial and consumer deposit accounts participate in a unique program by which these deposit accounts will be secured by pledged assets of the bank to a maximum of $250,000 per...
Fono Briefs logo
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Governor’s nomination of Mitzie Jessop-Taase for Attorney General of American Samoa was approved by the Senate last week by a unanimous vote of 16-0. The House was scheduled to hold a confirmation hearing for Jessop-Taase last Friday, however it has been rescheduled...
Amata with  members of the House Armed Services Committee
Washington, D.C. — Monday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata announced that last week she took part as an original cosponsor in the introduction of new legislation to help military families as they fight COVID-19, the COVID-19 Benefits for Active Duty Servicemembers, the Reserve Components, and their...
Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Of the 820 applications by local workers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic that completed the review by the ASG Human Resources Department (ASG-DHR), only 37 of them were found eligible for funding under the Pandemic Unemployment Assistant  (PUA) program and the Federal...
Commissioner of the Department Public Safety Le’i Sonny Thompson
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Commissioner of the Department Public Safety (DPS) Le’i Sonny Thompson told members of the House Public Safety committee during a hearing last week that DPS will hold a new Police Academy (PA) to train the police recruits hired to become certified police officers. Le’i...
Faimealelei Anthony Fu’e Allen
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Aua Representative, Faimealelei Anthony Fu’e Allen strongly denies the allegation raised in the House chamber this past week the statement by a witness who claims he saw the faipule in Fagatogo last Tuesday morning — when he was required to be in quarantine at The...

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