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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — This week the Speaker of the House Savali Talavou Ale confirmed 16 House Committees assignments for the 38th Legislature, where all of the newly elected faipule now hold chairs in their assigned committees. Committee chairmen, vice chairmen along with members were...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Senators wanting to travel to Las Vegas next month for the American Samoa Government Employees Retirement Fund (ASGERF) meeting have been informed to submit their names as soon as possible to the Senate Retirement Committee chairman, Sen. Soliai Tuipine Fuimaono, to be...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Retail, and Food establishments are the top two types of business activities in American Samoa in 2022, while unsurprisingly, StarKist Samoa remains the largest private employer, followed by a locally based construction company, according to Commerce Department (ASDOC)...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — ASG has confirmed it will issue $6.4 million in Summer Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer (Summer P-EBT) starting January 18, 2023.
Gov. Lemanu P. S Mauga announced on Monday that the Department of Human and Social Services (DHSS) will start issuing Summer P-EBT to...
Admin’s proposed supplemental budget includes $1Mil for the Legislative 75th Anniversary celebration
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Administration’s supplemental budget appropriation of more than $7.4 million, allocates $1 million to the Legislative Branch for the 75th Anniversary Commemoration.
The legislation was introduced in the Senate yesterday and assigned to the Budget and Appropriations...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Among the Lemanu-Talauega Administration’s priorities in “Our Path Forward” in 2023, is working with the Legislature in “enacting legislation to address issues with federal grant fund awards, minimize hazards that threaten our environment, amend our tax code to better...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa Power Authority has issued a public apology to residents whose residences were affected by the power outage from Leloaloa to Onenoa, including Northside villages.
“Field crews have found the cause of the fault due to a damaged underground power cable...
Saipan, CNMI — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata represented Chairman Bruce Westerman and the House Committee on Natural Resources at Monday’s inauguration celebration of Governor Arnold Indalecio Palacios and Lieutenant Governor David Apatang of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
“I...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Assistant Secretary Carmen G. Cantor of Insular and International Affairs (DOI-IA) has commended American Samoa on “working towards self-determination” upon receiving the Voter-Approved Amendments to the Revised Constitution of American Samoa last month.
This is...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The five constitutional amendments approved by voters last year are under review by the Secretary of the U.S. Dept. of Interior for approval, before becoming part of the American Samoa Constitution.
This was revealed by Gov Lemanu P. S Mauga during his State of the...