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During separate committee hearings in both the Senate and House, Police Commissioner Le’i Sonny Thompson confirmed to lawmakers that there is a problem with the equipment used to process driver's licenses and this is the reason why only receipts are being issued.
Early last week, some lawmakers...
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Campaign activities will be prohibited from being conducted at least 600 feet from a polling station on election day, under a Senate bill introduced yesterday and sponsored by Sens. Magalei Logovi’i, Nuanuaolefeagaiga Saoluaga, and Paepae I. Faiai.
The same three senators are sponsoring another...
![Pictured are some of the youngsters taking part in the ongoing camp activities.
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As part of a yearly tradition for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, the Nuuuli II Ward is hosting its camp to prepare for the LDS conference scheduled to be held this Sunday.
The camp will run throughout this week at the Lions Park area across from ANZ Bank, behind the newly...
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The Department of Port Administration is looking to host a public hearing to be held early next month, seeking public input on the “test rates” for Manu’a cargo, as lawmakers from the island group - as well as residents - have complained about the rates, saying they are too high.
“The rates put in...
Sen. Magalei Logovi’i has voiced to ASG Treasurer Uelinitone Tonumaipea the government policy when it comes to reimbursing the public if they are overcharged; for example, the registration renewal of vehicles at the Office of Motor Vehicles that appears to have overcharged car owners for many years...
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Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources (DMWR) Chief Fisheries Biologist, Domingo Ochavillo has shared concerns with US Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, over the designation of Rose Atoll as a marine monument; and also argues that expansion of the Pacific Remote Islands National Marine Monument...
Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga is encouraged by US President Donald Trump’s “desire to put American first” and he hopes that this “applies to American Samoa and our tuna industry,” according to the governor’s letter to US Secretary of Interior, Ryan Z. Zinke.
Lolo was responding to Zinke’s separate...
Governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga wants to know more about the green substance floating on the waters at Pago Pago Harbor.
The Governor's concerns were outlined in a July 13th letter to Ameko Pato, the director of the American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency (AS-EPA), and Lt. Tanner Stiehl of the...
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American Samoa is playing host this week to more than 60 guests, which includes officials and representatives from 11 ports throughout the Pacific region — from Washington state to Tonga — for a one-week conference to network and discuss challenges faced by each port authority in the Pacific.
The...
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During a Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee hearing last Friday morning, Senate President Gaoteote Tofau Palaie called on ASG Treasurer Uelinitone Tonumaipea to immediately halt taking federal deductions from allowance checks for senators.
The committee hearing followed complaints and...