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Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming notice of $467,587 in federal funds for American Samoa's criminal justice system. These funds are part of the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant funding program of the US Justice Department's Office of Justice Programs (OJP...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Senate is proposing changes to the American Samoa Government’s budget of $693.41 million for the new financial year effective next month.
“We will not allocate the budget for Corrections, Marine Patrol or the Fire Division, as a matter of fact, we will transfer their...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Faletolu Ilaoa was a passenger in a pick-up truck that was pulled over by police on the early morning of June 20, 2022, in Malaeimi for traffic violations, and two glass pipes containing white crystalline substance were found in his pants pocket.
Ilaoa during the traffic...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — ASG Medicaid director Sandra King-Young has been making the rounds in Washington D.C., meeting earlier this week with Congressional committees with jurisdiction over the federal Medicaid program speaking about two issues important to American Samoa.
One issue is the...
Honolulu, HAWAII — The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council’s Scientific and Statistical Committee heard a presentation by Bob Richmond, University of Hawai‘i professor and coauthor on the proposal to expand the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, on the scientific...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Government has proposed to return citizens of Samoa who have been sentenced to crimes in the territory back to Samoa to serve the duration of their sentencing at the Tanumalala prison in Samoa.
“The request was made during the Atoa o Samoa Talks,” said...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Preparation is well underway to celebrate Amerika Samoa’s Moso’oi Festival of the Arts, next month, as presented by the Agency for Better Living Endeavors (A.B.L.E.), a growing group of renowned and talented artists led by A.B.L.E. Board member Ammon Fepuleai.
And the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S. Supreme Court will consider during a private session early next month, whether to take up the Petition for a Writ of Certiorari, filed by three individuals born in American Samoa and residing in Utah, to review a U.S citizenship decision by a federal appeal’s...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The chairman of the House Government Operation committee has scheduled a confirmation hearing for the acting Director of the Office of the Public Defender on Friday, Sept. 16 at 7:30a.m.
This was after the House of Representatives received a letter from Gov. Lemanu...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata welcomed House passage of four bipartisan Veterans bills that she cosponsored, along with commending and voicing support for another, as all five bills were first voted through the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and then were passed by the...