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(This is a corrected article to reflect comments in the original version of this article were inadvertently attributed to Rep. Titialii Kitara Vaiau rather than Rep. Tiaoalii Fau Sai.  We have amended the article to reflect the proper attribution. We apologize to Rep Sai and to our readers for this...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The third batch of tax refund checks for 2022 tax filers — totaling more than $3.2 million will be released today — Tuesday, Mar. 28, said Treasurer Malemo Tausaga in a brief statement yesterday afternoon. According to the statement, a total of 1,022 taxpayers who filed...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Letitia Mautumua Peau-Folau has been appointed as Acting Director for the American Samoa Historic Preservation Office (ASHPO). Staff told Samoa News their director Tuimalo Elvis Zodiacal, who was charged with DUI recently, had his employment terminated. To date there has...
Deputy AG Roy Hall and others
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Senate has tabled an administration bill proposed to amend the forfeiture law, expanding seizure authority to include proceeds from illicit drug transactions. During a Senate hearing earlier, Deputy Attorney General Roy Hall explained that if drugs are found in a...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An interim report released last week by the U.S Federal Communications Commission, analyzing how the Connected Care Pilot Program and the COVID-19 Telehealth Program impacted health care providers' use of telehealth services re-confirms the award and use of more than $...
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs has announced that proposals are now being accepted for the Energizing Insular Communities (EIC) grant program for fiscal year (FY) 2023. The anticipated total funding available to the territories is $15.5 million. Those...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — When the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) research vessel Rainier docked at the Pago Pago Harbor wharf last Friday with a total of 55 crew members, they set up tours for local leaders. An official tour of the ship was conducted by Commanding Officer...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Dr Victor Terenuku Tofaeono is expressing his disappointment after his nomination to serve on the hospital board was rescinded. This was confirmed in a letter addressed to Governor Lemanu P. S. Mauga dated March 26, 2023.  “I am writing to protest the manner in which you...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A status hearing for Lepuia’i Allen Mayer in the case where he allegedly made an anonymous bomb threat, was held at the District Court this past Friday.  Mayer was charged after allegedly making a bomb threat last year in May, prompting the evacuation of the seaport and...
Senate President Tuaolo Manaia Fruean
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The increasing number of deaths in the territory — with 36 in January of those who have passed due to unhealthy lifestyles — was the focus of a Senate hearing last week. Senate President Tuaolo Manaia Fruean raised these concerns with the Department of Health during the...

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