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Washington, D.C. – Thursday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed Senate passage of bipartisan legislation to give more flexibility to small businesses as they use Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) assistance, which is helping over 130 employers in American Samoa so far. The House already passed the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A male driver and a female passenger of a vehicle pulled over by police officers for a seat belt violation last week are now in custody after officers discovered illegal drugs, paraphernalia, and ammunition inside the vehicle.
The driver, Murphy Taavili and the passenger...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man driving while his license is permanently suspended by the court for previous DUI convictions is now facing a felony charge.
The government claims that it was on a Saturday morning, May 16, 2020 when a police officer observed a four-door vehicle driving on the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa's 2020 Census has been given the green light to resume.
The Director of Commerce Fuiavailili Keniseli Lafaele says Governor Lolo Moliga approved the resumption of the people count at a meeting yesterday.
The census was suspended in March following the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Commerce Department has informed political campaign teams not only to remove their campaign signs from government property but also those posing a traffic hazard on the road, says DOC director Fuiavaili’ili Keniseli Lafaele in response to Samoa News inquiries.
Asked...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The first criteria required for filing unemployment claims relating to the coronavirus pandemic under two federal programs is that the employee “must be a U.S citizen, US National or US permanent resident.”
This is according to a June 1st memorandum by Gov. Lolo Matalasi...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a June 1 memo to cabinet members, Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga increased the number of furlough days from one to two a week for government employees who are 60-years old and older — amending a provision in his Fifth Amended Declaration, which extends the current COVID-19...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The drivers of two vehicles where police discovered illegal drugs are now charged with violating local drugs laws. Both men have previous convictions for unlawful possession of illegal drugs.
The two men are Nansen Tiliata and Akisa Kapeli and they made their initial...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — 2019 Samoan High School graduate, Lessei Perelini, who also served at the time as president of the student body association, has been awarded a South Pacific Islander Organization scholarship.
Born in New Zealand, she later moved to American Samoa with her family....
Washington, D.C. — Wednesday, June 3, 2020, Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed a CARES Act grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) of $796,914 for housing-related programs.
HUD, led by Secretary Dr. Ben Carson, has now announced several CARES Act allocations for American...