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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA —A quantity of methamphetamine (meth) was allegedly found on a man from Ottoville after police executed a warrant for his involvement in an incident where he and another man broke into a store in Nu’uuli in May of this year and stole several items.
During Misileo Niko’s...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Government Territorial Audit Office held its opening ceremony of the 2021 Annual Association of Pacific Islands Public Auditors (APIPA) Conference on Sunday, August 22, 2021, with Acting Director Territorial Audit Office Tofa Sualauvi Su’a as Chairman...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Education Department (ASDOE) staffers participated at the School Lunch Program weeklong training, before staffers reported to their school assignments. The training ended last week Friday.
Private schools began their school year on Monday, and since the SLP is government...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The House of Representatives approved this week all seven members of the Feleti Barstow Public Library Board of Directors appointed by Governor Lemanu Sialega P. Mauga in March of this year.
Except for Aitofi Lomu who is off island, six members appeared before the House...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — While the Senate has passed its version of the bill to increase teacher salaries, the House of Representatives unanimously passed their version of the Administration bill with amendments during the House Session Friday morning.
The vote was 15-0.
The first administration...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Prior to the start of yesterday’s Senate session, Senate President Tuaolo Manaia Fruean informed senators that some 12 American soldiers died earlier in the day in Afghanistan and to show respect to the fallen American heroes, he called for the observance of a moment of...
The House of Representatives unanimous approved their version of the Administration’s bill allowing Treasury to distribute the Advance Tax Credit using funds provided under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
The vote was 15-0.
After the bill was read out in chamber by the House Deputy...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Government is preparing for the August 30 test flight. This flight will begin to test the new TALOFAPASS application, a component of the Safe Travels American Samoa (STAS) initiative that screen travelers with pre-travel requirements to enter the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — LBJ Medical Center and the Health Department’s Tafuna Family Health Center have been awarded more than $400,000 in telehealth funding relating to COVID-19 from the US Federal Communications Commission.
FCC’s Wireline Competition Bureau announced yesterday the approval of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A driver of a vehicle pulled over by several police officers last month for violating traffic laws is now arrested and charged for violating local drug laws after police allegedly discovered drugs in his possession and in his vehicle.
Valaau Tafa, who is on probation for...