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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Through a Senate Resolution, senators requested that Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga as well as Secretary of Samoan Affairs Mauga T. Asuega retrieve all copies of the Tusi Fa’alupega — Book of Salutations — or portions of that which were released to the public....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — While the confirmation in the House of the Acting Director of the Department of Education (DOE) Talauega Dr. Samasoni Asaeli takes place today at 11a.m, many issues regarding problems affecting several schools around the island were discussed in the house chamber last...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Three more cabinet nominees submitted by the governor have been confirmed by the Senate while confirmation hearings and votes in the House of Representatives remain pending.
Yesterday, the Senate approved — in a 16-2 vote — Kenneth S. Tupua as director of Parks and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man was arrested two weeks ago after police found 5 hand rolled marijuana cigarettes inside his vehicle during a routine traffic stop after he was observed not wearing a seatbelt.
Lomiga Savea, who is on probation for a drug conviction 4 years ago made his initial...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Nu’uuli village council is re-enforcing several village rules. Traditional leader Sen. Soliai Tuipine Fuimaono told Samoa News the council is strictly enforcing its ban on swimming in the ocean on Sundays, and this includes Coconut Point.
“There are still non-Samoans...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga will host the first-ever Virtual Polynesian Leaders Group (PLG) summit between island nations of the Blue Pacific region this Thursday, January 28, 2021.
American Samoa currently holds the chair position, which is turned over...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga welcomed one of the territory’s largest business donations of personal protective equipment (PPE) last week at the Pago Pago Trading Company (PPTC) compound.
The Governor’s Office says Island Cargo Support (ICS) donated 269,640...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga, in a Jan. 25 memorandum to his cabinet members, explained a few issues that must be addressed and clarified regarding repatriation and Medicaid charter flights.
And in a separate memorandum to the public, the governor announced...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The House approved yesterday morning the governor’s nomination of Afalava Aliki Afalava as Director of the Department of Administrative Services with a confirmation vote of 16-0. During the confirmation hearing, rats, lack of parking and lights, and the lack of a fire...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The RISE education center, a nonprofit organization — “for the youth ran by the youth” — has officially taken off since December 2020 and is currently offering 30 scholarships to its Internet Work Academy (IWA) course provided in partnership with the American Samoa...