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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Acting Governor Talauega E. V. Ale in a statement says the Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Monday, Jan. 16, 2023, will be observed as a holiday in American Samoa.
“All government offices will be closed and normal activities will be suspended on that day.
“Employees of the...
Washington, D.C. — Following the U.S. House election of its Speaker earlier this month, Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata at the request of House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Bruce Westerman, represented the Committee at the front end of a five-day whirlwind trip through Micronesia, which...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Department of Health Environmental Health Services is once again reminding members of the public that investigating price gouging is the responsibility of the Bureau of Consumer Protection.
This was cited on the ASDoH Environmental Health Services...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Department of Public Safety remains mum over queries regarding the prisoner that escaped from jail and attempted to break into the Territorial Bank of American Samoa (TBAS) in November last year.
Three months later this case remains pending with the Criminal...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Governor Lemanu P. S Mauga is making his way to Washington, D.C. for the National Governors Association and the Interagency Group on Insular Areas meetings.
While in Hawaii this week, the Governor had back-to -back meetings.
A statement issued by his office said, Lemanu...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Juliet Kristi Thaxton has been appointed as the new Chief Legal Counsel for the Office of the Governor. She replaces Jason Mitchell.
This was confirmed in a statement issued by the Governor’s Office on Monday. “Thaxton began practicing law in 1997 after graduating from...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Requiem Mass and celebration of life for the late Bishop Emeritus John Quinn Weitzel — the first Bishop of the Diocese of Samoa Pago Pago — is scheduled for early next week in Chicago, Illinois, according to a Diocese statement.
The funeral mass to be presided over...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Visitors Bureau (ASVB) announced this week that all interested cruise ship tour operators, retailers, food sellers and service industry providers must sign up by Jan. 17 at the ASVB office, to be registered into its system.
“Only vendors who sign up at...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Governor Lemanu P. S Mauga confirmed during his State of the Territory’s Address that one of the four super-Alia boats is currently being built, and the Department of Commerce (DOC) aims to deliver it in time for Flag Day 2023.
“There will be a small fleet of 4 modern...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An Administration bill proposing to limit the amount of time that land and title disputes may languish before the Office of the Samoa Affairs was introduced in the House of Representatives yesterday.
According to the proposed measure this bill limits the amount of time...