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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — More than 2,000 registered voters have been purged by the Election Office from the voter’s registration roll, says Chief Election Officer, Dr. Lealofi Uiagalelei, who is urging college bound students to register to vote before traveling off island.
And as of June 29th,...
Washington, D.C — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata welcomes a recent action by the House Appropriations Committee to increase funding for ASG Operations by $2.5 million at Amata’s request. This recommended increase would bring total grants for ASG Operations to $27,120,000 and builds on Amata’s past...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The man who was in charge of the nine-member National Park Service (NPS) Search and Rescue team that saved the life of a Fagasa man lost on the top of Mt. Alava last Thursday night spoke to Samoa News about their mission that night — describing it as “dangerous and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Through a July 1 executive order, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga transferred the Equal Employment Opportunity Division of the Department of Human Resources to the Governor’s Office.
According to the order, the transfer of the Equal Employment Opportunity...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who failed to comply with conditions of his 5-year probation has been given another chance. Probationer Eveni Lotu was arrested two months ago after he tested positive for marijuana.
Lotu appeared in court last month for a preliminary hearing, where he admitted...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — While American Samoa’s vaccination numbers are still not at the level that health authorities say would adequately protect the territory if COVID-19 were to make its way here, the American Samoa Government (ASG) is looking at other ideas to encourage people to get...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “Continued reliance on a single industry and significant pension liabilities remain fiscal risks in American Samoa,” so declared the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) in its US Territories Public Debt Outlook — 2021 Update, released yesterday to the US Congress...
Honolulu, HAWAII — Seven repatriation flights later and the Le Fetuao Samoan Language Center, under the leadership of Mrs. Elisapeta T. Lesatele Alaimaleata (in green in background), is still going strong in its donations toward American Samoa’s repatriation quarantine at the Ohana Waikiki Hotel in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The case of one of the four defendants in the copper wire theft ring, which was continued by the High Court from last month due to the defendant’s illegal immigration status was heard before Associate Justice Fiti Sunia this week.
The defendant, Theresa Samata-Ala, a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Local health authorities are highlighting the spread of Covid-19 in Fiji in an effort to encourage more residents to get fully vaccinated.
Around 37,000 people are eligible to receive the Covid-19 vaccine in the territory.
As of this week, 68.5 percent of those had...