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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The first criteria required for filing unemployment claims relating to the coronavirus pandemic under two federal programs is that the employee “must be a U.S citizen, US National or US permanent resident.”
This is according to a June 1st memorandum by Gov. Lolo Matalasi...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a June 1 memo to cabinet members, Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga increased the number of furlough days from one to two a week for government employees who are 60-years old and older — amending a provision in his Fifth Amended Declaration, which extends the current COVID-19...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The drivers of two vehicles where police discovered illegal drugs are now charged with violating local drugs laws. Both men have previous convictions for unlawful possession of illegal drugs.
The two men are Nansen Tiliata and Akisa Kapeli and they made their initial...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — 2019 Samoan High School graduate, Lessei Perelini, who also served at the time as president of the student body association, has been awarded a South Pacific Islander Organization scholarship.
Born in New Zealand, she later moved to American Samoa with her family....
Washington, D.C. — Wednesday, June 3, 2020, Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed a CARES Act grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) of $796,914 for housing-related programs.
HUD, led by Secretary Dr. Ben Carson, has now announced several CARES Act allocations for American...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 35-year-old man accused of punching a 15-year-old boy and then striking the boy with a tree branch has entered into a plea agreement with the government.
Teofilo Afamasaga who has been in custody since his arrest, unable to post a $10,000 surety bond appeared in court...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Some local residents informed Samoa News of this photo posted on Neil’s ACE Home Center Facebook page, of the company’s check cashing policy, as the second round in the distribution of Economic Impact Payment (EIP) or stimulus checks, will be in local mail boxes tomorrow...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — StarKist Inc. and it’s owner, South Korean-based Dongwon Industries, along with the former chief executive of Bumble Bee Foods, Christopher Lischewski are defendants in a new civil lawsuit filed Tuesday by Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson at King County...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Two men arrested and charged for disturbing the peace inside their homes by assaulting their wives and making unreasonable noises told investigators that the alcohol they consumed was purchased with money from their stimulus checks.
The first case occurred in Tafuna...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Based on advise from consultants, American Samoa Economic Development Authority (ASEDA) board of directors has opted not to move forward with the proposed general refunding bond 2020 series. In the meantime, the board has updated investors on the latest development at...