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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Senate President Tuaolo Manaia Fruean announced during the Senate session on Wednesday that the biannual meeting in Honolulu of the ASG Employees Retirement Fund (ASERF) will be held in May with lawmakers.
Tuaolo, a member of the ASGERF board, said the Fund’s board of...
Alega Preservation Institute, a 501c3 charity, is extending its Clean Up Campaign to remove discarded and abandoned utility –telecommunication poles left behind in the village of Alega. The campaign will identity, document and remove the poles. Volunteers are welcomed Monday. March 22, 2021 — 7 a....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Through a Mar. 10th memorandum, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga reconstituted the ASG Zoning Board and announced nine new members. Each board member serves a two-year term, and may be reappointed to the board — members are not subject to Fono confirmation.
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On Jan. 14, 2021 about 10:35p.m, several police officers patrolling Nu’uuli heading west near Manu’a’s Store observed a truck heading east with one headlamp working. Police initiated a traffic stop and noticed that not only did the driver have red and watery eyes but a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A driver of a blue pick-up truck pulled over by police officers two weeks ago for failure to stop at a stop sign is now charged with violating local drug laws.
Henry Naasona was taken into custody when police discovered two small baggies containing white crystalline...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 30-year-old man accused of using a knife to cause head injuries to another man has pled guilty.
Filemoni Apelu was initially charged with felony first-degree assault, punishable by life in prison or at least 30 years. But under a plea agreement with the government,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The third batch of refund checks for tax year 2020, of more than $660,000 — for those who qualify for refunds — is scheduled for release today, Friday, while batch #2 for tax refunds, was released last week Friday — although there was no official ASG Treasury Department...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A Senate resolution sponsored by Sen. Utu Sila Poasa calls on the governor to reinstate the ASG Personnel Advisory Board and the Wage and Hour Board to assist the Human Resources Department over issues raised through the governor’s Corrective Personnel Action directive...
Washington, D.C. — Next week the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee is set to hold a hearing on territorial Medicaid programs. This policy area is one you’re likely to hear more about as the year progresses because the territories—American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 45-year-old man has been convicted of violating the local drug laws. Peniata Lologa appeared in High Court last week for sentencing.
The defendant, who has been in custody since his arrest, unable to post a $5,000 bond was initially charged with one court of unlawful...