conflict of interest
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The chair of the America Samoa Telecommunication Authority (ASTCA) Board, Aleki Sene Jr has been suspended from his role, as chair — until further notice.
A source told Samoa News that the decision to suspend Sene Jr was based on the issue that there is a conflict of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Director for the Department of Human & Social Services (DHSS), Muavaefaatasi John Edward Suisala has confirmed to Samoa News that he is the director for the non profit organization called “Center for Families of Individuals with Developmental Disabilities” (CFIDD...

![Aleki Sene Jr, whose family name has long been synonymous with ASTCA. [photo from website] Aleki Sene Jr](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/alex-sene-jr-transparent-original-photo-copy_3_copy.jpg?itok=QCUVWQV6)
![The old government building in the Tafuna area that used to house the CFIDD office. Questions persist about CFIDD, whether it delivered services for which it received funding and whether a conflict of interest exists between its incorporator, Muavaefaatasi John Edward Suisala, who is also the DHSS director, one of the grantors funding CFIDD. [photo by AF] The old government building in the Tafuna area that used to house the CFIDD office](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/cfidd_-wic_bldg_0456.jpg?itok=kSTgjOlU)