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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A new bill Senate focuses in on Immigration with a measure that prohibits a member of the Immigration Board from acting as a sponsor of a foreigner and clarifies the terms of board members.
The bill also says that any person appointed to the board while they are the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency (AS-EPA) has launched a public awareness program on a new requirement for the importation of any pesticides or devices, after the agency conducted workshops with suppliers and Customs agents.
Effective Aug. 1, 202, a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Court has accepted a request from the defense attorney to continue Ropati Mapu’s pretrial conference to next month, so they can go through all the information pertaining to the first three criminal cases filed against him, and add a new criminal case that was filed...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man with two prior convictions over a decade ago is back in court again on a new allegation that he stole his mechanic’s vehicle. When pulled over by traffic officers two months ago, after the vehicle was reported as stolen.
Valasi Ilalio told officers the vehicle...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata voted Wednesday for the Veterans in Parks (VIP) Act, H.R. 4300, which was passed by the full Committee on Natural Resources with bipartisan support. Amata cosponsored the legislation to honor Veterans with free lifetime access to all U.S. National...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga has signed off on the new bond debt of $22.69 million to fund major projects — referring to the American Samoa Economic Development Authority’s 2021 Bond Series.
Speaking to a joint session of the Fono on Monday, the governor says...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As Manu’a is today marking 117 years since the island group was ceded to the United States in 1904, the Lemanu Administration has on the drawing board a plan to enhance transportation to and from Manu’a that includes acquiring a Landing Craft Unit (LCU) to provide heavy...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — One of the co-defendants in the Tafuna drug cases from last year has been ordered by the High Court to serve 20 months at the TCF and thereafter, he is to depart the territory and remain outside of its borders until his 5-year probation term is over.
Talosaga Lemisio, 42...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa remains under Code-Blue — with no COVID-19 cases — under the new COVID-19 Declaration, issued yesterday by Gov. Lemanu Palepoi Sialega Mauga, and effective for 30-days through Aug. 13th.
The new declaration, released yesterday by the Governor’s Office,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A federal judge in Honolulu has “dismissed without prejudice” a federal lawsuit brought by four Alega residents against AST Telecomm LLC, dba, Bluesky Communications including current and former executives, as well as the American Samoa Government, the American Samoa...