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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Alpha Epsilon Mu Chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) International Honor Society at the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) held its spring 2021 induction ceremony on February 25th to induct 12 new members. Family and friends of the new and current PTK members...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The two men convicted of receiving stolen property from a Tafuna home, Filipo Upuese and Amani Filimaua, have been ordered to serve 20 months in prison, as part of a condition of their 5-year probation terms.
Both men have been in custody since their arrest, each unable...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The public is invited to attend NOAA’s National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa virtual meeting of the Sanctuary Advisory Council via Google Meet video conferencing (due to COVID restrictions and safety protocols), which can be accessed via the link posted below....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Representatives were surprised with a report submitted by newly confirmed Commissioner for the Office of Financial Institutions (OFI), Tuasivi John Marsh, which shows the amount of money being transferred from American Samoa to different countries in the world —...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Territorial Bank of American Samoa (TBAS) is projecting a profit of “between $700,000 to one million or two” for the calendar year 2020, according to a statement by the TBAS President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) David A. Buehler.
Buehler, along with TBAS Board...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The COVID-19 Task Force convened on Monday, Mar. 1, 2021 at the Department of Homeland Security (EOC) in Tafuna to finalize preparations for the next scheduled repatriation flight on March 10, which as of this past Monday had 195 returning residents in quarantine in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As expected, the Senate has rejected amendments the House made to a Senate bill, which seeks to hike the tobacco tax by 3 cents and reduce the 2% wage tax to 1%, and the Senate is calling a conference committee with the House to discuss the changes.
Prior to approving...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A Senate bill seeking to amend local law to allow for a special election — during a non-election year — for a legislative referendum concerning proposed amendments to the American Samoa Constitution was introduced last Saturday in the Senate.
Sponsored by Sens. Soliai...
Washington, D.C. – Monday, Congresswoman Uifaatali Amata welcomed FY 2021 funds from three Housing and Urban Development (HUD) programs for a total of $1,224,593.
The largest of the three grants is a Community Development Block Grant (CBDG) of $886,964, with a HOME program grant of $260,423, and an...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man from Ottoville accused of attempting to assault his neighbor’s wife while she was holding her 2-year-old son was arrested last month.
Mapu Tuni made his initial appearance in District Court where the court granted a motion from the defense attorney to release Tuni...