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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A bus driver accused of using false information to apply for a commercial permit renewal was arrested by police and later charged by the government.
Filipo Silipa made his initial appearance in District Court last week.
He is charged with one count of criminal fraud and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Following a one-hour confirmation hearing in the House yesterday morning for Acting Director of the Department of Commerce (DOC), Petti Tagipo Matila, representatives unanimously approved Matila’s nomination by a vote of 17-0 during the house session.
The confirmation...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Vaega Togia who has been in custody since his arrest in January 2020, unable to post bond, appeared in High Court last week for sentencing.
Togia was originally charged in two separate cases.
In the first case, he was charged with forgery and stealing, both class C...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Nominee to head the Department of Commerce, Petti Tagipo Matila told house members yesterday during her confirmation hearing where she was confirmed 17-0, that public-private partnerships are the key to developing infrastructure.
During the hearing, Rep. Larry Sanitoa...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The cost-share is set at $679 one-way for non medical patients on the Medicaid charter for Feb. 1st, which is the return flight of the first repatriation flight from the US with just over 150 local residents who have been stranded off island, and the incoming travelers...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Vaifanuatele Representative Lavea Fatulegaee Palepoi Mauga questioned in the House Chamber this past Monday if a person from Upolu can be appointed to take over the position of the Territorial Auditor (TA) for the American Samoa Government and requested a review of the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The House of Representatives is calling out to the American Samoa Government COVID-19 Task Force to hold another island wide exercise to test the territory’s readiness for the repatriation flight next week, Monday, Feb. 1st. Vice Speaker Fetu Fetui Jr made this request...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Through a Senate Resolution, senators requested that Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga as well as Secretary of Samoan Affairs Mauga T. Asuega retrieve all copies of the Tusi Fa’alupega — Book of Salutations — or portions of that which were released to the public....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — While the confirmation in the House of the Acting Director of the Department of Education (DOE) Talauega Dr. Samasoni Asaeli takes place today at 11a.m, many issues regarding problems affecting several schools around the island were discussed in the house chamber last...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Three more cabinet nominees submitted by the governor have been confirmed by the Senate while confirmation hearings and votes in the House of Representatives remain pending.
Yesterday, the Senate approved — in a 16-2 vote — Kenneth S. Tupua as director of Parks and...