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WASHINGTON – U.S. Department of the Interior Assistant Secretary, Insular and International Affairs, Douglas W. Domenech on Tuesday announced $1,640,000 in redirected Capital Improvement Project (CIP) funds to the American Samoa Government to make emergency repairs to the M.V. Manu’atele Ferry.
The...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — One of three defendants arrested after armed detectives of the DPS Vice & Narcotics Unit executed two search warrants — in Iliili and Tafuna in June of last year — has entered into a plea agreement with the government.
Konelio Ta’avili, who is out on a $5,000 cash...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa has submitted to the US Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service the territorial implementation plan and estimates for distribution of the federal stimulus money to qualified local residents, says ASG COVID-19 Task Force chairman Iulogologo...
Washington, D.C. – On Tuesday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata hailed Senate passage of a bill to replenish the urgently needed Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) for small business assistance, including new support for hospitals and small lenders.
The House will consider the $484 billion interim economic...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has appointed Afalava Eliki Afalava as acting director of the Department of Administrative Services, after Malaepule Lua Moliga resigned from the post early last week.
Lolo made the appointment in an Apr. 15th memo to cabinet members saying...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Two probationers who tested positive for drugs were given a second chance by the court when they appeared for a Disposition Hearing last week.
Pelenato Faalelei and Tipasa Lauina were each charged with contempt of court, the charge they later admitted to after receiving...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In an Apr. 16th memo to Chief of Customs Elisara Elisara, the ASG Treasurer Ueligitone Tonumaipe’a suspended for 90-days the implementation of the customs declaration entry fee increase of $5, which was effective Apr. 15th.
The memo came 24-hours after Elisara issued a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa needs additional federal financial resources to address the deadly coronavirus, which has “hemorrhaged our local revenues”, says Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga, who noted that ASG’s is estimated to close the current fiscal year with a more than $5 million...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga is pleased and very happy to announce that the American Samoa Government has just received $35,173,619.50 from the US Treasury Department pursuant to Section 601(b) of the Social Security Act, as added by Section 5001 of the Coronavirus Aid,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Three engineers for StarKist Co., arrived this past Saturday morning on a private jet, which took off from Honolulu, and were briefly quarantined at Fatuoaiga, before they later tested negative for the coronavirus and are now staying at StarKist company housing.
Samoa...