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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With millions of new federal dollars allocated to American Samoa under the federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga has established, via executive order, an oversight office to — among other things — monitor and assure...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — StarKist Samoa wants to recruit 200 qualified guest workers from Samoa to work as fish Cleaners. This was confirmed by Chairman of the COVID-19 Task Force, Lt. Talauega Eleasalo Ale during a press conference with the media this week.
Talauega said the cannery has...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Basic Food Index report for May, released Wednesday by the Commerce Department’s Statistic Division shows that while the cost of turkey tails continues to increase, the price of other popular food items decrease. Overall the cost of basic food in May dropped by 0.5...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The incomplete records and information from the Immigration Office regarding the status of illegal aliens convicted of criminal offense is giving the High Court of American Samoa a headache when trying to fulfill its obligations, especially concerning sentencing.
As a...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata drew attention to LBJ in a Wednesday hearing of the full Natural Resources Committee in which Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland was testifying.
Amata once again pressed the message that LBJ Tropical Medical Center has major modernization needs...
HONOLULU — The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council voted to defer action on the rebuilding plan for the federally managed bottomfish complex in American Samoa at its virtual meeting yesterday in Honolulu.
In February 2020, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) informed the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Three of the four men who were arrested when police raided a suspected drug operation in Futiga two weeks ago were bound over to High Court after the three co-defendants waived their rights to a preliminary examination (PX) before District Court Judge Gwen...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa COVID-19 Task Force revealed during a press conference with members of the media on Tuesday this week that according to the Vaccination Operation update, only 59.3% of the total population has completed one shot of the coronavirus since the campaign...
Washington, D.C. — After Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata's recent visit to Honolulu, a notice from Honolulu VA Regional Director Sergio S. Chao announced that the Department of Veterans’ Affairs will place a permanent Veterans Benefits Counselor in American Samoa to assist Veterans.
“In our recent...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man accused of forcibly stealing the cash register from an Asian store in Vaitogi was arrested two hours after the alleged crime was committed. When apprehended by officers, a small stamp sized baggie containing methamphetamine (meth) was found in one of his pockets....