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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Three proposed amendments were approved by the Constitutional Convention that will be subject to the ballot during the November midterm election, which includes giving the Governor the authority to appoint a Chief Justice for the Judiciary.
Approved unanimously is the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Construction of the first of the four “Super Alia” or “Alia Tele” is well underway at Armstrong Consolidated Inc. (ACI) the boat building facility in Washington state, with the first vessel expecting delivery next year and will be used as a training platform to develop a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S Justice Department, representing the federal government, contends that 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 court “should be denied...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who got caught after allegedly breaking into the American Samoa TeleCommunication Authority (ASTCA) warehouse last week, has been charged by the Department of Public of Safety.
George Urle made his initial appearance in the District Court this week and is being...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Department of Human Social Services director, Muavaefa’atasi John Suisala recently told Samoa News their department has significantly improved this year's P-EBT application process using lessons learned from the first round of P-EBT last year by enhancing the online...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Nutrition Service (USDA FNS) has approved a one-time payment of end-of-year benefits of $200 to all participants in the American Samoa Nutrition Assistance Program (ASNAP), using unspent funds from the ASNAP current fiscal year...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — There is conflicting information from the Manu’a High School administration , after a public notice was posted on Facebook concerning the Segaula Manu’a High School, giving families the option to “transfer their children” to attend schools on Tutuila.
This is a result of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As of early this week, one candidate petition for the Congressional race and 26 for the local House of Representatives races have been signed and returned to the Election Office for the mid-year 2022 election, according to information provided by the Election Office...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Government and Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata have argued that the citizenship issue pertaining to persons born in American Samoa, is “an exceptionally poor vehicle for reconsidering the Insular Cases”, and should wait for a case that actually requires...
Honolulu, HAWAII — The Pacific Basin Telehealth Resource Center (PBTRC) hosted the 2022 U.S. Affiliated Pacific Island Countries & Territories (USAPICT) Telehealth Workshop from August 15 – 17 at the University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa, with participants from American Samoa, Chuuk, Commonwealth of...