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Senate chamber
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Following a meeting with Acting Gov. Talauega Eleasalo Ale on Tuesday, the Fono will convene tomorrow, Friday, for final discussion on the fiscal year 2022 budget and senators will amend a Senate bill, taking out pay increases for the governor and lieutenant governor....
A recent zoom meeting on Saturday August 21st
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The electronic TALOFAPASS system has officially gone live allowing travelers that have confirmed tickets for the inaugural commercial Hawaiian Airlines flight on September 13th to begin the registration and application process. Since the awarding of the contract to Data...
American Samoa High Court building
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The married man who left his wife and then had an affair with a 16-year-old girl was sentenced by the High Court to serve 5 years behind bars as oe of the conditions of his 15-year probation. The case was reported to police by the defendant’s wife, after the woman...
 l-r: Ms. Levi Reese, deputy director of the Treasury Department and Vaai Poufa, Manager of the Tax Office
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — If the Administration’s bill that was sent to the Fono last week allowing Treasury to distribute the Advance Child Tax Credit using funds provided under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 is approved by the Fono and signed by the Governor, tax payers with children will...
Sen. Fai’ivae Iuli Godinet (left) and local Education director Talauega Dr. Samasoni Asaeli
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Sen. Fai’ivae Iuli Godinet is the sponsor of a Senate bill amending the pay scale for the local Department of Education personnel — with this legislation legitimizing the new teacher pay scale and salary reclassification for ASDOE that went into effect in May this year....
Car attempting to drive through flood waters in Fagaima
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — There is good news for Fagaima residents and drivers — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming over $3.1 million in federal funding for a major storm water management and culvert project, called the Fagaima Flood Mitigation project. According to the congresswoman’s...
American Samoa District Court building
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A young man who is on probation for stealing and burglary is now back in court on another stealing charge. Police arrested Reupena Meki five months after he was released from the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) after serving a 28-month detention. Meki made his...
Talauega Eleasalo Ale
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Through an Aug. 23rd memorandum, Acting Gov. Talauega Eleasalo Ale reconstituted the Agriculture Produce Board, and appointed six individuals to the board by virtue of their positions, as provided by the American Samoa Administrative Code regulations. The regulation...
ASG Tax Office Manager Vaaimamao E. Poufa shaking hands with a Senator
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Local Tax Office Manager Vaaimamao E. Poufa told the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee yesterday that ASG has already received over $33 million from the US Treasury for local payments to those who qualify under the federal Advance Child Tax Credit through the...
Sens. Soliai Tuipine Fuimaono and Togiola T.A. Tulafono
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A Senate Joint Resolution, seeking to amend the Constitution to allow for year-long sitting of the Legislature instead of the current two-45 session days a year, was introduced in the Senate last week, with a hearing expected to be scheduled soon. According to the joint...

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