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Washington, D.C. – Saturday, Congresswoman Aumua Amata was presented with a doctorate of laws by the University of Guam, and gave remarks at the commencement exercises centered on her work in the U.S. House of Representatives.
“My prayer, like the Psalmist, is that God would ‘establish the work of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The two former DPS police officers accused of sexually harassing two female cops each made their initial appearance before District Court Judge Fiti Sunia last Friday, where their attorneys announced their not guilty pleas to the single charge against them.
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While flags fly and politicians preach patriotism, millions of our veterans remain neglected. Here are seven examples.
20 – Twenty veterans die by suicide each day. In fact, the risk for suicide is 22 percent higher among veterans than the non-veteran population, according to the Veterans...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Through a proposed rule making, the US National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) outlined how it will allocate the additional 100 fishing days for the US purse seiner fleet fishing in the region to help American Samoa’s economy and its tuna canneries.
The NMFS is also...
Honolulu, HAWAII — Hawai‘i’s leading conservation and youth education organization Kupu is pleased to announce the selection of its first Pacific Resiliency Fellows (PRF) program cohort. Seneuefa Muliagetele and Ruby Tapuai of American Samoa will be part of an inaugural class that includes 12 other...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The US Justice Department (USDOJ) has hinted — in court filings — at the possibility of the American Samoa Government seeking to intervene as a defendant in the US citizenship lawsuit filed last month in the federal court in Salt Lake City, Utah.
There have been local...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Kevin and Amy are the most popular baby names — number one on the list in 2017 for the U.S. territories — American Samoa, Guam, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and US Virgin Islands, according to data released last week by the US Social Security...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Aumua Amata’s Washington office was delighted to be visited by American Samoa’s students in the Department of Interior’s Close-Up program. The students arrived over a week ago for their two-week visit to the nation’s capital, where they are visiting many attractions...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Chief Justice Michael Kruse has instructed the government attorney that by June 1st, all discovery in the case against one of the defendants in the food stamp fraud case must be turned over to the defense attorney; if not, “there are consequences” of failure to comply...
Atu'u, AMERICAN SAMOA — US based StarKist Inc. has finalized an agreement for a 10 year lease of the Samoa Tuna Processors (STP) Inc. facility, which is owned by Washington State-based Tri Marine International. The STP plant is located in the shoreline village of Atu’u in American Samoa.
STP’s...