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Large crowd at one of the DOC sponsored rental assistance workshop
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Renters who are eligible for the federal Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP) will not ‘handle’ the funds, if their applications are approved, but instead the money goes directly to the landlords, according to the Department of Commerce (DOC) presentation at last...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who is on probation after being convicted of unlawful possession of meth is now back in court on the same offense. Barritt Siaumau made his initial appearance in District Court last week. He is charged with one count of unlawful possession of methamphetamine (meth...
The governor with MJ Apelu-Moetala
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — MJ Apelu-Moetala met recently with Gov Lemanu Peleti Mauga to discuss making his dreams of becoming a future governor of American Samoa a reality. MJ is the son of Tilofia Apelu-Moetala & Korama Moetala Jr. of Fagaitua. He was born with low vision in both eyes caused...
American Samoa longliner fleet
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Malaloa Wharf extension project, which broke ground last year, during the last months of the Lolo Administration, is taking another step forward with the 45-day public comment period for the project’s Environmental Assessment (EA) and Draft Finding of No Significant...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man accused of assaulting his 12-year-old nephew was arrested and he’s now being charged. When questioned by police, the defendant, Taoipu Salevao stated that the reason why he did this to his nephew was to teach him a lesson. Salevao appeared in District Court last...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a press statement released this past Thursday Governor Lemanu Peleti Mauga commended Congresswoman Uifaatali on her continued efforts to keep this Administration's commitment to American Samoa to building a new hospital on the forefront.  Especially on a regional...
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HONOLULU — The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council recommended this week that the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) implement a 5,000-pound annual catch limit (ACL) for the American Samoa bottomfish stock complex. According to a 2019 NMFS assessment, the 11-species bottomfish...
Peter Ingram, CEO of Hawaiian Airlines
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a letter dated October 19, 2022, addressed to Mr. Peter Ingram, CEO of Hawaiian Airlines, Governor Lemanu Peleti Mauga proposed a schedule of travel dates for the first quarter of 2022. A press statement released yesterday says Lemanu submitted the proposal well in...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — It was during the sentencing of a 29-year-old man convicted of stealing a vehicle while he was intoxicated that the Court stated that any time a person is intoxicated and drives a vehicle on the road, the vehicle becomes a deadly weapon. Vena Taulaga, who had been in...
Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga has reconstituted the membership of the American Samoa Fisheries Task Force, which was first established in 2014 by the Lolo Administration, and chaired by local businessman, Solip Hong, president of K.S. Mart Inc. Lemanu has reappointed Hong to...

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