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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Through a Senate Resolution, Sen. Malaepule Saite Moliga, is calling for a hearing to review Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga’s Feb. 5th memorandum, which orders the roll-back of pay adjustments made without justification in the budget as well as converting...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Close to 300 adjustable mortgage loans made by ANZ Guam Inc.’s bank branches in American Samoa — ANZ Amerika Samoa Bank — are included in a Settlement Agreement filed this week at the federal court in Guam, which would need to approve the settlement, following a lawsuit...
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifaatali Amata is an original cosponsor with Congressman John Garamendi (D-CA) in introducing the Peace Corps Reauthorization Act, as part of a bipartisan group of seven at introduction, including Congressman Garret Graves (R-LA), Congresswoman Grace Meng (D-NY),...
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...