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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Following a Senate committee hearing where the director was asked by Sen. Tuaolo Manaia Fruean about why ASDHS agents are present at the Pago Pago International Airport, Local Department of Homeland Security (ASDHS) director Samana Semo Ve’ave’a explained that ASDHS...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed a federal grant based on damage caused by Tropical Storm Gita. The grant totaling nearly $2 million ($1.925 million) is for the American Samoa Power Authority.
“I’m pleased to welcome these federal funds to our islands to continue to help...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Judge Elvis P. Patea has denied a motion filed by Assistant Attorney General Robert Morrison to continue the jury trial of former Executive Director of the American Samoa Government's Employees' Retirement Fund, Luatua Filisouaiga Ta’afua.
Trial will move forward as...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Rep. Kitara Vaiau is calling for the American Samoa Immigration Office to put in place a program called ‘suspense file’ to prevent the number of overstayers in the territory from growing every year.
The Saole faipule who worked for the American Samoa Immigration Office...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A demonstrator in American Samoa has been holding a one woman protest outside the temporary House of Representatives calling for better health care in the territory.
Moira Maiava said she wanted the parliament or Fono to devote the same spirit and energy it was using on...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Through a Jan. 31st executive order, Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga “affirmed” the Executive Branch’s “policy" to alleviate unnecessary public costs and regulatory burdens placed on the American Samoan people.
The order sets up the establishment of a process to ensure a...
Washington, DC — Congresswoman Aumua Amata announced she has been named Vice Ranking Member of the full Committee on Small Business for the 116th Congress.
“Vice Ranking Member Aumua Amata has served as a dedicated Member of the House Small Business Committee throughout her tenure in Congress. Her...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A year ago this week, Tropical Cyclone GITA caused wide spread damage in American Samoa after grueling days of rainfall up to 6 inches and maximum sustained winds of 52mph with gusts up to 60mph.
Aside from significant damages to personal properties and flooding, the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — District Court Judge Elvis P. Patea wants Assistant Attorney General Jason Mitchell to get a 'concrete idea' of the process involved in getting police reports ready and submitted in a timely manner.
Judge Patea alluded that the information is stuck in a kind of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 21-year-old man from Samoa has been sentenced to 48 months imprisonment — as a condition of a 7-year probation term — for having a sexual relationship with two minor children in October 2017.
However, the detention period was suspended and the defendant is ordered to...