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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Through an Aug. 23rd memorandum, Acting Gov. Talauega Eleasalo Ale reconstituted the Agriculture Produce Board, and appointed six individuals to the board by virtue of their positions, as provided by the American Samoa Administrative Code regulations.
The regulation...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Local Tax Office Manager Vaaimamao E. Poufa told the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee yesterday that ASG has already received over $33 million from the US Treasury for local payments to those who qualify under the federal Advance Child Tax Credit through the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A Senate Joint Resolution, seeking to amend the Constitution to allow for year-long sitting of the Legislature instead of the current two-45 session days a year, was introduced in the Senate last week, with a hearing expected to be scheduled soon.
According to the joint...
Washington, D.C. — “The historic Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will make life better for thousands of American Samoa residents, create a generation of good-paying union jobs and economic growth, and position the United States to win the 21st century,” declared the White House in the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Two men arrested after police officers executed search warrants in June of this year, are now charged with violating local drug laws. One of them is on probation for unlawful possession and stealing.
One of the men was arrested when police executed a search warrant on a...
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND — Leader of the Catholic Church in American Samoa, Bishop Peter Brown has called on his fellow Church leaders in the territory to encourage all to get vaccinated for COVID-19, as he is on lockdown in New Zealand, which is faced with the spread of the new delta variant.
In a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A young man caught with methamphetamine (meth) and marijuana was sentenced by the High Court last week to a term of probation of 5 years after he entered into a plea bargain with the government.
The court stated that one of the things that is an ongoing concern to the...
Honolulu, HAWAII — Honolulu media is reporting that two Hawaiian Airlines aircraft were activated by the Defense Department as part of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet to help with evacuations from Kabul airport in Afghanistan.
The two aircraft are among 18 being activated by the Defense Department as...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA —The ASG COVID Task Force is making progress on getting the “American Samoa Government Safe Travel System” — or TALOFAPass platform up and running for those people who want to travel to American Samoa. It has accepted a Request for Proposals (RFP) from a Hawaii based...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Senate President Tuaolo Manaia Fruean informed the Senate Budget Committee last Friday of plans to meet tomorrow, Tuesday, with Acting Gov. Talauega Eleasalo Ale, to discuss issues from the Fono such as the proposed fiscal year 2022 budget currently on hold in the Fono...