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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The government minimum wage increases by more than $2 to $7.25 under the Lemanu Administration salary reclassification and hikes, which is effective today, July 1st, along with a hike in entry level pay for degree holders, says Human Resources director, Lynn Pulou-...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga is being asked to “seriously look” at the millions of dollars American Samoa is allocated under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) to address infrastructure access roads and flooding throughout Tualauta county.
The June 28th...
![[l-r] Vaitupua Maina, Tumua Lokeni and Ilaiakimi Atu](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/asepa_group.jpg?itok=_-49Jh28 "[l-r] Vaitupua Maina of Nu’uuli Vocational Technical High School; Tumua Lokeni of the American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency (ASEPA) Education Division; Ilaiakimi Atu of Samoan High School; and Liu Lafaele of ASEPA Education Division — posed for a photo yesterday at the KSBS-FM studio. [photo: FS]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Vaitupua Maina and Ilaiakimi Atu — both 16-years old — are two of the 12 students working at ASEPA under the Governor’s Summer Youth Employment Program. The two students shared with KSBS listeners yesterday why they choose to work at ASEPA. They were interviewed on the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Two inmates convicted of escape from confinement — a second time — while serving their sentences received a huge break from the High Court last week when Chief Justice Michael Kruse ordered that their new sentences would run concurrently with the detention that they’re...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man convicted of driving while his license was permanently suspended after three DUI convictions in District Court was released from the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) last week, after the Court decided that the time he has already served during his pretrial...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa is eligible under a new funding opportunity offered by the US Labor Department to develop partnerships with community-based organizations and other non-profits to conduct outreach to women workers to help them understand and exercise their rights and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — ASTCA stated in a press release Monday night that the semi-antonymous government agency chartered a Samoa Airways aircraft to the Manu’a Islands on Sunday during a brief weather opening. The flight transported emergency Engineering teams, Field crew, supplies and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Applying and getting a business license in an expeditious manner — via online platform — is among the Lemanu Administration’s broadband development projects summarized in the American Samoa Economic Development Authority’s (ASEDA) new rating presentation report. The...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man suspected of burglarizing two stores in the Tafuna area along with a store in Nu’uuli within a period of one week around May of last year is now in custody, after he was arrested last month for disturbing the public peace.
During his arrest last month, officers...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samuel Utaga, 42, a taxi driver from Samoa, pled out last week on a drug charge.
He was initially charged with one count of unlawful possession of marijuana, a felony punishable by 5-10 years in jail, and a fine between $5,000-$20,000, or both. But under a plea agreement...