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Assistant Attorney General Lynne Blankenbeke
  Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Assistant Attorney General, Lynne Blankenbeker, who is also the acting director for the Consumer Protection Bureau of the Department of Legal Affairs told senators that there were no “price gouging” prosecutions during the COVID-19 Emergency Declarations. Blankenbeker...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Department of Health Environmental Health Services is once again reminding members of the public that investigating price gouging is the responsibility of the Bureau of Consumer Protection. This was cited on the ASDoH Environmental Health Services...
Price Gouging details
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The following information from the Attorney General’s Office about Price Gouging in the Territory was sent to Samoa News this week after we published our Price Gouging story on Monday, Feb. 28th. In our story, the Attorney General’s Office was named the point of contact...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Members of the community are observing the sudden price increases for essential goods such as cases of bottled of water, bread, frozen foods like boxes of chicken and turkey tails and other food items including sugar, rice, and a variety of other staples. A side issue is...
Vice Speaker of the House, Fetu Fetui Jr
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Vice Speaker of the House, Fetu Fetui Jr is calling out for an immediate investigation into the allegation that certain supplies and goods in many of the local stores are being offered at exorbitant prices. A case of chicken was $9 but it’s now $15 — Fetu, a former cop...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Amid more public concerns over allegations of some stores that have suddenly raised prices on several goods, the Department of Legal Affairs’ Bureau of Consumer Protection has issued a reminder to businesses that local law “prohibits the practice of price gouging on...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With allegations of price gouging — especially last month when consumers encountered a sudden hike in price for certain goods after arrival of containers vessels were delayed — the Consumer Protection Bureau (CPB) of the ASG Department of Legal Affairs has launched a...