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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Governor’s nomination of Mitzie Jessop-Taase for Attorney General of American Samoa was approved by the Senate last week by a unanimous vote of 16-0.
The House was scheduled to hold a confirmation hearing for Jessop-Taase last Friday, however it has been rescheduled...
Washington, D.C. — Monday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata announced that last week she took part as an original cosponsor in the introduction of new legislation to help military families as they fight COVID-19, the COVID-19 Benefits for Active Duty Servicemembers, the Reserve Components, and their...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Of the 820 applications by local workers impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic that completed the review by the ASG Human Resources Department (ASG-DHR), only 37 of them were found eligible for funding under the Pandemic Unemployment Assistant (PUA) program and the Federal...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Commissioner of the Department Public Safety (DPS) Le’i Sonny Thompson told members of the House Public Safety committee during a hearing last week that DPS will hold a new Police Academy (PA) to train the police recruits hired to become certified police officers.
Le’i...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Aua Representative, Faimealelei Anthony Fu’e Allen strongly denies the allegation raised in the House chamber this past week the statement by a witness who claims he saw the faipule in Fagatogo last Tuesday morning — when he was required to be in quarantine at The...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Despite strong opposition from several faipule during a hearing regarding a House bill authorizing the DOH to test minors for any communicable diseases and limit waiver of consent to screening, testing, and examining, the bill was passed by a vote of 11-2.
Before the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The driver of a vehicle pulled over by police officers for broken license plate lights is now charged with violating local drug laws.
Monson Fuimaono made his initial appearance in court last week.
He is charged with one count of unlawful possession of methamphetamine, a...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Aumua Amata highlighted a grant notice of $125,000 for the American Samoa Department of Health from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Specifically, this discretionary grant is from...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Over the weekend, local resident, Steven Jay Pincus Hueter filed another official complaint through the U.S. government’s online complaint portal, this time with the US Interior’s Office of Inspector General.
Dated, Saturday, July 25, 2020 — broadly it alleges misuse of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa representative accused of leaving quarantine says he has not left his room since he and his wife were brought there.
"There are police officers posted outside their door, and they can tell you I have never stepped outside the door," Faimealelei Anthony...