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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A Samoan couple pled not guilty to a federal grand jury indictment for using their nonprofit, House of Transformations, and other corporate entities, as part of a scheme to fraudulently obtain millions of dollars in COVID-19 recovery funds in an alleged scheme to defraud...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata welcomed bipartisan House passage Saturday of a 45-day government funding bill to prevent a shutdown. The Continuing Resolution (CR), passed by a vote of 335-91, maintains current fiscal year 2023 funding at the start of the new fiscal year on...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Utulei Beach was teeming with activities this past Saturday, September 30, 2023, which marked the commencing of the Mosooi Festival of Arts and Humanities, organized by the Agency for Better Living Endeavors.
The Moso’oi premiere night consisted of artreach workshops...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa prepared last week to remember the victims of the cataclysmic tsunami that on September 29, 2009 took the lives of 34 in American Samoa, 149 in Samoa and 9 lives in the Kingdom of Tonga plus millions of dollars of damage in the area — an eyewitness who...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A Senate bill amending “the selection process of Senators to establish a deadline by which each respective county must determine their candidate no later than the first day of October on each election year, and to mandate that all Senators submit their qualification...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Senate on Wednesday passed in final reading the House concurrent resolution, which “conveys the deepest condolences of the American Samoa Legislature and the people of America Samoa to Mrs. Michaelle Claire Murphy Vargas, children and the bereaved Vargas family, on...
Washington, D.C. — Uifa’atali Amata took part with sponsor Rep. Mike Levin (CA-49), and the other original cosponsors Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-1), and Rep. Scott Peters (CA-50), in introducing Thursday their bipartisan Passports for Purple Hearts Act to eliminate passport book fees for Purple...
Suva, FIJI — The Cook Islands' Nono Tani's swift serve to her opponent at 9am on Thursday, August 29, 1963 thus kicked off the South Pacific Games in Suva.
Sixty years on the multi-sport event, now known as the Pacific Games, is a much-anticipated fixture, but with far more athletes and nations/...
Pago Page, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa government is preparing in case of a US federal government shutdown on October 1, 2023.
The Lt. Gov. Talauega E.V. Ale in his capacity as acting governor says with federal funds playing a significant role in the territory's funding and cash flow,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — After the House moved on Wednesday to postpone a second reading of the administration bill appropriating $36 million in surplus funds for Fiscal Year 2023, ASG Treasurer and the Budget Director appeared before the House Budget and Appropriations Committee.
Treasurer...