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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The government’s plan to relocate the Education Department’ E-Rate Office from Utulei, as well as other ASDOE offices, to the lower campus of Tafuna High School is not sitting well with parents as well as the high school’s Parents and Teachers Association (PTA).
The plan...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has directed police to take into custody the driver of any ASG vehicle, who is not supposed to be operating that vehicle; and the ASG Road Marshal has been instructed to canvas church locations on Sundays to identify the misuse of ASG vehicles...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Support for teachers, who are instrumental to American Samoa’s future success was the first of seven questions, asked of the four gubernatorial teams, at last Thursday night’s American Samoa Bar Association forum at the packed Gov. H. Rex Lee Auditorium.
The four teams,...
![[-r] American Samoa Power Authority customer service manager, Ryan Tuato’o, chief financial officer Susana Fai’ivae, and acting executive director Wallon Young](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/aspa_officials.jpg?itok=tEmkXA5U "[-r] American Samoa Power Authority customer service manager, Ryan Tuato’o, chief financial officer Susana Fai’ivae, and acting executive director Wallon Young, during ASPA’s FY 2021 budget hearing before the Fono Joint Budget Committee. [photo: FS]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — While the American Samoa Power Authority has passed on to its customers savings on electric bills, due to the reduction in the fuel surcharge, Sen. Logoai Siaki Logoai wants to know if ASPA has any plans of their own to reduce the high cost of electricity paid by...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A father of three who lost his wife while he was in custody for violating local drug laws tearful begged the court to release him to care for his young children and rebuild his family.
Faamamafa Rhode, who has been in custody since his arrest in May of this year, unable...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA – Last week Friday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed Committee passage of her bipartisan small business bill, which she introduced the week before with Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pennsylvania). The Parity for HUBZone Appeals Act (H.R. 8229) directs the Small Business...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Teacher Education Department (TED) at the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) hosted its Educators Night for the fall 2020 semester in early September, with over 100 teachers from the territory’s public and private schools taking the opportunity to network and...
Denver, COLORADO — Arguments will be heard Wednesday in an ongoing birthright citizenship case being appealed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit.
Lawyers for the U.S. Department of Justice will argue in the appeals court to reverse a ruling in Fitisemanu v. United States, which...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The ASG Employees Retirement Fund (ASGERF) board of trustees chairman, Va’anatiu Tofala Iafeta has raised questions with American Samoa TeleCommunications Authority board chairman, Iulogologo Joseph Pereira surrounding the sale of Hawaiki cable capacity.
“It is our...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Human Resources director Mrs. J. Liu has voiced her “disappointment” towards Sen. Fonoti Tafa’ifa Autafa’s “unbecoming” conduct as a policy maker with the senator’s “libelous and derogatory” remarks against Mrs. Liu during her department’s fiscal year 2021 budget hearing...