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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man from Samoa, who unlawfully entered a home with the intention of sexually assaulting a woman who was sleeping in the living room is now in custody after he was arrested by police last month.
Vaa Toafau made his initial appearance in District Court last month.
He is...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is an original cosponsor of the Military Spouse Tax Act, introduced last week by five Members of Congress to relieve an unnecessary tax burden on military families.
The bill, led by Representative Madison Cawthorn, would expand current law to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Despite a cloudy day and a drizzle of rain on Tuesday, Happy Construction Co.’s crew forges ahead with construction of the Leapaga Road — from Fagaima and exiting out at the main road in Malaeimi, close to Manumalo Baptist Academy.
Happy Construction, the contractor, has...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A young man from Tafuna convicted of stealing a vehicle and selling it for $1,000 was sentenced by the court last week to time served. According to court records, Felise Vili served 16 and 1/2 months at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) while awaiting the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a July 29th decision the US Department of Transportation (USDOT) granted a cabotage waiver requested by Polynesian Limited d/b/a Samoa Airways to continue operating flights between Tutuila and the Manu’a island group from Aug. 1, 2021 to Jan. 27, 2022.
The Samoa...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — When the U.S. House of Representatives passed a “minibus” appropriations bill on July 29, 2021, the legislation took funding approved to various federal government agencies, including The Department of Interior one step closer to reality.
Of particular importance to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Without solid financial information on how much money will be spent on the government’s salary increases — that were effective July 1st and implemented by the Lemanu Administration — the Senate is seeking a complete financial report on this issue, with many lawmakers, in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The House Judiciary Committee has tabled the Administration bill that prohibits a member of the Immigration Board from acting as a sponsor of a foreigner and clarifies the terms of board members.
The decision was made by the committee right after a hearing with the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence (ASCADSV) has marked another successful milestone of its local community’s empowerment initiative after the completion of a six weeks Sewing and Wood-carving Skills Training on July 23, 2021. The awards...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a brief statement yesterday, the American Samoa TeleCommunications Authority explained the partial disruption to its’ LTE mobile service on Aug. 3rd, and that it has been mostly restored.
ASTCA said the partial service disruption affected mobile customers for calls...