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Washington, D.C. — On Tuesday, Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata congratulated Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa on her historic leadership role as the first female Prime Minister of the Independent State of Samoa, which has been publicly recognized by statements from the U.S. Department of State...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Four off-island personnel who arrived last week Thursday from Hawaii are assisting the government testing the “Talofa Pass” web-based system to screen passengers entering the territory when commercial air service provided by Hawaiian Airlines re-opens between Honolulu...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Local Education Department (ASDOE) acting director Dr. Roxanne Suaava Salavea — who is the deputy director for Instructional Service — focused her attention to questions from the Senate Education Committee during a hearing last Friday morning on the Administration bill...
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Since a repatriation process started this February, nearly 2,000 American Samoan residents who were stranded in Hawaii and the mainland have gone home.
And roughly 200 people are on the final repatriation flight home, set to depart this Thursday.
American Samoa resident...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Three men arrested by police last month during a traffic stop appeared in District Court last month for their initial appearances, after drugs were found on two of the men, while the driver of the vehicle faces a traffic violation for driving a vehicle without current...
SINGAPORE / AUCKLAND – July 26, 2021 — Hawaiki Submarine Cable Limited Partnership and International Connectivity Services Limited (“Hawaiki”) has today announced the sale of 100 per cent of the shares of the company to BW Digital Pte. Ltd., an affiliate of BW Group Limited, for an undisclosed...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Local resident, identified in federal court documents, as “Jane Doe”, has “agreed to amend” her complaint against several ASG COVID-19 Task Force members, and to file by early next month the amended lawsuit, according to filings last Friday with the US District Court,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The court has accepted the plea agreement between the government and Malifa Aufaga, who is accused of stabbing a man with a knife during a drinking session earlier last year. Aufaga, who has been in custody since his arrest, unable to post a $20,000 cash bond appeared in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Senate last week Thursday rejected in second reading an administration bill, which sought to remove from local law the two off island board members for the American Samoa Power Authority board of directors, following a committee meeting earlier that day.
During the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Senate Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee is conducting its own research before scheduling a hearing on an Administration bill that would establish the legal framework for setting up an American Samoa National Guard, says committee chair, Sen. Fai’ivae...