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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “Fifteen food commodities increased in price for this month,” according to July’s Basic Food Index (BFI) report released Aug. 6th by the Commerce Department’s Statistics Division.
It states that the average cost of a 22-pound box of chicken legs decreased by 0.1% while...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Port Administration has imposed restrictions for the Pago Pago International Airport terminal, effective Aug. 5th, saying that the new restrictions meet the department’s health and safety measures and U.S Transportation Security Administration regulations for the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 35-year-old man who was convicted of stealing checks from a businessman and forging his signature was sentenced yesterday to 5 years in jail. During sentencing the court pointed to his criminal record, which seems to have started about the time he became a father —...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Two more medical charters are now scheduled for this month including one that will be used as a “test flight” bringing in up to 100 passengers, including medical personnel and government officials who will test local preparations when commercial flights between Honolulu...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is hailing final passage through Congress of the Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers (PAWS) for Veterans Therapy Act. Amata is an original cosponsor of H.R.1448, and supported a similar effort in the previous Congress.
The Senate passed the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Senate has rejected another Administration bill — this one, pertaining to the new pay scale for public school teachers, while senators endorsed a measure extending the government land lease agreement for the Boys and Girls Club of American Samoa.
TEACHER PAY SCALE...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga’s four nominees to the American Samoa Student Financial Aid Board — referred to as the Scholarship Board — and a nominee for director of the Department of Youth and Women’s Affairs (DYWA) were introduced in the Senate on Tuesday...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The passenger of a pick-up in which investigators found a small bag that allegedly contained white crystalline substance and drug paraphernalia was let go. However, instead of taking advantage of his near miss from being arrested — the following evening, Vito Laulala was...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who was convicted by the District Court for assaulting his girlfriend has been ordered to spend 10 days at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) as a condition of a 12-month probation term.
The detention period will see the defendant spending 5 straight...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With no local matching funds provided by the territorial government, all services provided by the American Samoa Medicaid State Agency, have been suspended for the rest of this fiscal year 2021, and that includes any medical charters, except for the one already set for...