Local News
by Ausage Fausia
Samoa News Reporter
House Representatives are very concerned after they were told that it has been three years since American Samoa launched the Hawaiki undersea fiber optic cable and none of its 200 gigabytes (GIGS) of bandwidth has been sold.
According to the director of the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Suicide among juveniles was one of the issues raised by Sen. Fonoti Ta’ifa Aufata during the Senate Judicial Committee confirmation hearing as Public Defender for Michael White — a father of four children.
Young people committing suicide is the latest hot topic issue in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — ASG Employees Retirement Fund officials voiced their support for a Senate bill, which seeks to increase the contribution by the government and employees to the government’s pension plan, saying that it’s long overdue.
“Payout is $23 million in just benefits alone [...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The 45-year old man who was accused of assaulting his wife at home in Vaitogi village while he was heavily intoxicated, told police that the reason he did this was because she misused money to play money games such as “Ponesi” instead of using it wisely to feed their...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 26-year old man from Tafuna was arrested by police last month on the allegation that he assaulted a Filipino man and stole his phone and speaker. When arrested by police, one hand-rolled marijuana was found inside his wallet.
Seiula Taumaloto made his initial...
Washington, D.C. – Thursday, Congresswoman Uifaatali Amata took part in the National Prayer Breakfast, her fifth time to participate. The annual bipartisan event has been held since 1953, when President Eisenhower became the first President to attend and bring widespread attention to the event,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a press release issued this week, DHSS Acting Director Muavaefa’atasi John E. Suisala announced that the Administration for Children and Families, Office of Child Care (ACF OCC) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, confirmed that American Samoa’s...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The first group of repatriated residents of American Samoa, who received their first COVID-19 test on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, have all tested negative, which was confirmed to Samoa News by the Department of Health Chief of Operation (COO) Vesi Talalelei Fautanu Jr,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The tobacco excise tax will increase by 3 cents — which will help fund LBJ Medical Center operations — if a Senate bill introduced yesterday is enacted into law. The bill also includes a separate provision, which seeks to reduce to 1% the current 2% wage tax, that is...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With an ever increasing case load — both felony and misdemeanor cases — acting Public Defender Michael White plans to petition the governor to increase he number of attorneys with the Public Defender’s Office, which now has only two working attorneys, including White...