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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Faced with a shortage of attorneys, the Public Defender’s Office out-sourced cases to private attorneys in 2022, which has been described by the Administration as a “challenging year” for the office, which provides legal representation to indigent criminal defendants in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samoa’s Consul General to American Samoa, Fata Brian Kaio has rubbished news reports out of American Samoa pertaining to the eggs exported by Sunshine Farm last week.
Fata issued a statement titled “News report of contaminated eggs exported to American Samoa.”
“I...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Chairman of the LBJ hospital, Dr. Malouamaua Tuiolosega says the hospital Chief Executive Officer, Moefaauo Bill Emmsley lacks maturity (mu’amu’a) in how he implements his duties as a leader.
Senator Togiola T.A. Tulafono has queried the hospital board as to why the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Fagaese Tamale is being held on bail of $10,000 in connection to an incident that occurred last week in Nu’uuli where the defendant is alleged to have struck his uncle with a metal jack.
The defendant is charged with second-degree and third-degree assault.
Tamale made...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Shipyard Authority is a success story for the Lemanu-Lemanu Administration, according to the Governor’s State of the Territory Comprehensive Report, distributed earlier this month to lawmakers as well as other federal agencies.
Furthermore, the Satala-...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S. Census Bureau has released information for the 2022 Economic Census of Island Areas, which covers American Samoa and the other US territories, with some changes to the new questionnaires as compared to the previous economic census.
Two officials of the Census...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An Administration bill introduced yesterday in the Senate — and expected to be introduced in the House later this week — seeks to overhaul American Samoa’s pesticide legislation to, among other things, comply with federal laws and regulations.
The proposed law seeks to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa Government officials met with Architects Hawaii Limited (AHL) at their Honolulu office to discuss the next steps in constructing the new hospital.
The AHL was awarded the contract to build the new hospital after the bidding process. This was confirmed in a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Senate approved in final reading last week Thursday its version of the Administration bill, giving the Secretary of Samoan Affairs the authority to refer land and matai title disputes to High Court of American Samoa if unresolved after six months.
The endorsement...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is highlighting the availability of $72.9 million nationwide in grants through the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Specialty Crops Block Grant Program (SCBGP) and an award of $1,502,172 in funding for transit projects and priorities.
The...