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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — According to their fiscal year 2018 audit, the Territorial Bank of American Samoa or TBAS received a $1.85 million capital infusion from the American Samoa Government in FY 2018, without it being brought to the Fono by the administration for legislative appropriation....
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Since early this week, rumors have been circulating about tax refund checks being released today. In a brief statement yesterday morning, ASG Treasurer Ueligitone Tonumaipe’a corrected what he calls  “misinformation being put out in the community” that tax refunds were...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — LBJ Medical Center collected just over $30.14 million in “operating revenue” in the first 6 months of fiscal year 2019, compared to expenditures of over $37.76 million for the same period, according to LBJ’s second quarter performance report for FY 2019 submitted to the...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man accused of violating local drug laws has entered into a plea agreement with the government. Aleki Siologa appeared in court this week for a change of plea hearing. He was initially charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance (marijuana); however,...
StarKist Tuna can with dolphin safe labeling
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “StarKist tuna, however, is not dolphin-safe. Nor is it sustainably sourced. Defendants’ dolphin-safe representations are false, misleading, and/or deceptive,” according to the plaintiffs in their amended 91-page “class action complaint” against StarKist and its owner,...
CMS Administrator Seema Verma with Congresswoman Amata
Washington, D.C.  — Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed the continuing rapid progress for a bipartisan health bill, introduced just last week, that would provide tens of million in funding for Medicaid in American Samoa. Congresswoman Amata participated in bipartisan development of this bill and is...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “American Samoa is not a place where you rape and run. Our laws are… to protect our community and our young children, and when you violate the safety of the members of this community protected by these laws, you have to pay.” This was the message from Associate Justice...
 (l-r) students Chole Tuaua and Darius Shimasaki-Vaofanua and ASCC HOSA Coordinator Monica Afalava.
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — At the 2019 HOSA International Leadership Conference (ILC) held last month in Orlando, Florida, American Samoa HOSA achieved special recognition for having the second-highest membership gain (61%) of all states, territories and countries in 2018-2019. American Samoa HOSA...
Cans of StarKist Light Chunk Tuna
San Francisco, CALIFORNIA — As a California court mulls how much to fine US tuna canner StarKist & Co for engaging in price-fixing, the company claims it can't sell its $155 million stake in a South Korean bottle maker to help it pay a penalty that could stretch to $100m. StarKist, which is...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Of the total 1,020 calls that the Department of Public Safety responded to during the second quarter of 2019 — for the period covering Jan 1- Mar. 31 — 700 of them were for criminal matters, according to the DPS 2nd second performance report for FY 2019, submitted to the...

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