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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a unanimous 15-0 vote yesterday, senators approved in third and final reading during the Senate session a Senate bill, which would increase the salaries of the governor and lieutenant governor, despite a naysay from the acting governor, as well as raise the office...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The jury trial of the owner of the LE AUTE Sports Bar, Tumuatasi Lefatia, a.k.a MAMA accused of violating local drug laws is scheduled to kick-off in High Court Monday morning at 9 before Acting Associate Justice Elvis P. Patea.
Lefatia’s trial, which was scheduled for...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Instead of going through third and final reading of a Senate bill that would raise the office expanse allowance for lawmakers, senators instead approved new amendments, which restore the original language in the legislation increasing the salaries of the governor and the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Continuing their effort to ramp up vaccinations in the territory, American Samoa’s COVID-19 Task Force is offering up their latest incentive to residents to GET VACCINATED. Task Force Chairman Acting Governor Talauega Eleasalo Ale announced during last Friday’s press...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Fono joint conference committee last Friday agreed to the government’s budget of more than $500 million for fiscal year 2022 — which begins Oct. 1, 2021 — as submitted by the Lemanu Administration without making any changes to the original language of the proposed...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 36-year-old man from Samoa who sexually assaulted his 30-year-old neighbor has entered into a plea agreement with the government, and he will be sentenced next month.
Michael Iona, who has a criminal record in District Court for crimes involving alcohol, was initially...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a $200,000 grant to the American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency (AS-EPA) to address air quality issues across the island of Tutuila. Stay-at-home orders tied to the COVID-19 pandemic have led to an increase...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Tafuna High School’s new two-story building dedicated in September, 2020 will not be in use when students return to school next week to begin the new school year 2021-2022, after the Acting Governor, Talauega Eleasalo Ale visited the school compound to follow up on...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Medicaid State Agency says the costs of COVID testing in the State of Hawaii will be covered under the AS Medicaid program, for bona fide American Samoa residents requesting to be tested in order to return to American Samoa, according to a press...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Citing the high cost to the government when declaring and observing an ASG holiday, the Senate yesterday rejected in second reading a House bill, that designates the first Monday of October as “Samoan Heritage Day” and creates an official holiday for the territorial...