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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga, in a Jan. 25 memorandum to his cabinet members, explained a few issues that must be addressed and clarified regarding repatriation and Medicaid charter flights.
And in a separate memorandum to the public, the governor announced...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The House approved yesterday morning the governor’s nomination of Afalava Aliki Afalava as Director of the Department of Administrative Services with a confirmation vote of 16-0. During the confirmation hearing, rats, lack of parking and lights, and the lack of a fire...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The RISE education center, a nonprofit organization — “for the youth ran by the youth” — has officially taken off since December 2020 and is currently offering 30 scholarships to its Internet Work Academy (IWA) course provided in partnership with the American Samoa...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 24-year-old man from Tafuna who, along with a co-defendant, broke into an Asian store in Tafuna and stole about $3,000 worth of goods — none of which were recovered — was ordered last week to pay restitution to the store, after he serves 28 months at the Territorial...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man accused of pointing a knife at a woman’s throat in the presence of their two young children was arrested and he’s now in custody. While arresting the man, police found a baggie of methamphetamine and marijuana joints on him.
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Faleosina Voigt and Talauega Dr. Samasoni Asaeli were both confirmed by the Senate yesterday morning. Voigt was approved by a vote of 16-2 while Talauega was approved by a vote of 17-1.
Voigt is now clear to serve as the Director of the Department of Public Works for her...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The chairman House American Samoa Power Authority (ASPA) Committee, Rep. Alumamalu Filoiali’i Ale wants to clear his name from the issue regarding a story published by Samoa News two weeks ago reporting that 2,000 streetlights from ASPA were “illegally installed” in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA —
Six more director-nominees submitted by Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga to the Fono was introduced late last Wednesday in the Senate and assigned to the appropriate committee for confirmation hearings this week and into early next week. The same nominees are...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Last Friday Acting Director of Public Works Faleosina Voigt was approved by the House of Representatives by unanimous vote, the same chamber that rejected her on Thursday last week by a vote of 9-7. Voigt has been Director of Public Works for the 8 years of the Lolo...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — NOAA-funded researchers, and partners have identified a new record size coral colony at Ta’u Island in American Samoa, even larger than the island’s Big Momma colony, one of the largest in the world.
The colony was measured and described during a monitoring survey...