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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — During a Senate Budget and Appropriations committee hearing yesterday, ASG Budget Office director Catherine A. Saelua said an estimated total of $1.7 million in local revenues will cover ASG salary increases for the last quarter of fiscal year 2021. The increases became...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Tall and lush trees along with vegetation that used to grow on the side of the mountain on the road up to the Governor’s Official residence on Mauga o Ali’i in Fagatogo are long gone and the side of the mountain is now bare — as shown in this Samoa News photo taken last...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man from Vaitogi accused of assaulting his own cousin by striking his head with a full beer bottle and threatening him with knives is now in custody after he was arrested by police.
Levi Toloafa made his initial appearance in District Court last month.
He is charge...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — During a Senate Budget and Appropriations committee hearing yesterday, ASG Budget Office director Catherine A. Saelua said an estimated total of $1.7 million in local revenues will cover ASG salary increases for the last quarter of fiscal year 2021. The increases became...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 42-year-old taxi driver from Tafuna who is accused of assaulting a fellow taxi driver was arrested by police two weeks ago.
Tuli Valaau made his initial appearance in District Court last week where he entered a not guilty plea to the charges against him. He is charged...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a notice received last week, the Department of Interior Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) informed the Department of Commerce (DOC) of its decision to award a technical assistance grant of $300,000 to enhance and improve the territory’s statistical framework.
Acting...
Pittsburgh, PA — StarKist Co. has announced its newest innovation, StarKist Premium White Chicken, the first fully-cooked, no-draining required chicken in a convenient single-serve pouch. Available in two varieties, Premium White Chicken and Premium White Chicken 25% Less Sodium, StarKist's...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a unanimous 13-0 vote, senators approved last Friday in final reading a new Senate bill, increasing the contribution rate for both government and employees to the ASG Employees Retirement Fund (ASGERF).
Meanwhile, the Administration has submitted the names of three...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A House Concurrent Resolution expressing support for the Federal Court of Appeals ruling in “respecting the right of the American Samoan people to retain our current statutory birthright status as U.S Nationals” was unanimously passed by faipule last week.
The Senate...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa’s 2021 mid-year population is estimated at just over 51,000 — a big decrease when compared to last year — and the female population is higher than the male population, according to the latest data released through a “Bulletin” issued last Friday by the...