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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Prices for many food items decreased last month compared to October, resulting in a drop of 1.5% in the November 2018 Basic Food Index (BFI) — which registered at 102.5 points, according to the Commerce Department’s BFI report released Wednesday.
Last month, according to...
Wellington, NEW ZEALAND — Trevor Matheson has been appointed New Zealand's High Commissioner to Samoa, with accreditation to American Samoa.
New Zealand's Foreign Minister Winston Peters said as a long-serving diplomat Dr Matheson is more than suitably qualified for the role.
He said Dr Matheson...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Thousands of local residents will get an early Christmas gift today when the Department of Human and Social Services (DHSS) starts issuing disaster relief food assistance for qualified victims of Tropical Storm Gita.
DHSS director Muavaefa’atasi John E. Suisala has...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Tualauta District #15 Representative-elect Larry Sanitoa is "not surprised" that the American Samoa TeleCommunications Authority (ASTCA) defaulted on their lease payment of $4.25 million to the American Samoa Government's Employees' Retirement Fund (ASGERF) which was due...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The pretrial conference for Nick Mataia — which was on the High Court calendar yesterday — has been continued to January 31, as his attorney, Public Defender Michael White, is off island.
Mataia is being charged in two separate cases.
For the first one, he and his two co...
Honolulu, HAWAII — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $2.3 million to the American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency (AS-EPA) to strengthen programs that protect human health and the environment, while the American Samoa Power Authority (ASPA) has been awarded $12.7...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Mayne Siaumau appeared in High Court yesterday morning for an Order to Show Cause (OSC) hearing that was set by the court on Nov. 27th. He was also there for a disposition hearing from a previous OSC.
When asked by Acting Associate Justice Elvis Patea, Siaumau admitted...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Coral reefs in American Samoa are in “good” condition, but coral reefs around the Tutuila islands are the “most impacted by human activities,” according to the territory’s coral reef 2018 status report released last week by the US National Oceania and Atmospheric...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Aumua Amata joined members of both the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives in a joint veterans hearing at the Capitol. During this hearing, VA Secretary Robert Wilkie stated his intention to visit American Samoa, and lauded our many Pacific Islander veterans...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who was sentenced to 5 years probation will be appearing in court today and the hope is that the presiding judge will honor the results of the drug test he took at the LBJ Medical Center, instead of the one that was administered by the Probation Office.
And the...