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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — If an incident of “sexual harassment” surfaces within the Commerce Department, “we will address it and we will remove that person, there are no questions asked in that regard,” said Petti Tagipo Matila, who is now fully confirmed by the Fono as the DOC director, and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — It was the high cost of the “change order’ from the construction company doing the repairs for the Amouli Health Center that caused the delay to the work, according to Motusa Tuileama Nua during his House hearing for confirmation as Dept. of Health director.
He said...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The second round of Economic Impact Payments (EIP) — or stimulus checks, as part of the federal COVID Related Tax Relief Act, will be distributed in three batches, with the first-batch to be released next week, says ASG Treasurer Malemo Tausaga in a statement yesterday...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As television news footage out of Honolulu on the morning of Feb. 1st showed some American Samoa residents at the Honolulu airport heading for check-in for the first repatriation flight to the territory, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga posted a message on the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On Saturday, January 30, 2021, Governor Lemanu Palepoi Sialega Mauga accompanied the COVID-19 Task Force during a final briefing and After-Action Report after the last exercise on the same day. They discussed all phases of the repatriation operation and offered the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Through two separate memorandums last week, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga appointed new board members for the American TeleCommunications Authority and the American Samoa Shipyard Services Authority.
ASTCA BOARD
Because ASTCA has continued to operate under an...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man from Iliili accused of attempting to assault his uncle’s wife while she was holding her 18-month-old grandson was arrested last month.
Ameperosa Viliamu, 32, made his initial appearance in District Court where Judge Elvis P. Patea granted a motion from the defense...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Senate Retirement Committee, chaired by Sen. Soliai Tuipine Fuimaono, has scheduled for Thursday this week, a hearing on a bill sponsored by Sen. Magalei Logovi’i and introduced in the Senate yesterday that seeks to increase members’ contribution to the American...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 47-year-old man convicted of violating the local drug laws is going to jail. The court sentenced Finau Alatasi to serve 20 months at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF), as a condition of his 5 years probation.
Alatasi appeared in High Court last week for...
Washington, D.C. — Monday, Congresswoman Uifaatali Amata released a welcome home message on the occasion of the first repatriation flight:
“Talofa and welcome home everyone! First, I want to thank God for this blessing.
I want to thank everyone at Hawaiian Air for taking you home on this flight...