Sen. Togiola T.A. Tulafono
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Sen. Togiola T.A. Tulafono said the number of local Samoan attorneys in private practice has decreased and predicts that in five years time only two or three of them will be members of the American Samoa Bar Association.
Togiola’s statement made at last Friday’s Senate...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — At last Thursday’s session, a Senate bill, sponsored by Senate President Tuaolo Manaia Fruean, seeks to reinstate the mandated monthly allowance upon leaving appointed or elected office for former governors and their spouses.
Local law states that a former governor, for...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Senate Government Operations Committee, chaired by Sen. Togiola T.A. Tulafono has been tasked with communicating with the Department of Public Works to find out the status of the new Fono building — as seen in this Samoa News photo taken Wednesday this week.
Status...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Sen. Togiola T.A. Tulafono has requested the Senate legal counsel for a review of the credentials and resume for the governor’s nomination of Tofa Sualauvi H. Su’a to fill the long vacant position of the Territorial Auditor, who also heads the Territorial Audit Office —...


![“It is only proper that once the former governor leaves the appointed or elected position, the monthly allowance shall then be reinstated,” says the preamble to Senate President Tuaolo Manaia Fruean's bill. [SN file photo] Senate President Tuaolo Manaia Fruean](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/tuaolo_1865web_0.png?itok=w6gR5tQn)
![Progress of work the new fono building. [photo: FS] fono building site](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/fono_bldg_stat.jpg?itok=qA6K1AtG)
![During yesterday’s Senate session, Togiola scheduled the territorial auditor nominee confirmation hearing for the morning of Jan. 26th. He also requested that the legal counsel look into the law pertaining to the requirements for a territorial auditor and if the nomination is in compliance with that law. Togiola also requested a review of the nominee’s resume. [SN file photo] Sen. Togiola T.A. Tulafono](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/togiola_tulafono_0833_0.jpg?itok=wm5jcpeC)