SENATE CONFIRMATION
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Senate unanimously approved Save Liuato Afa Tuitele as the Director of the American Samoa Search and Rescue Agency during yesterday’s session.
The vote was 14-0.
Earlier yesterday morning, Save appeared before the Senate Government Operations Committee chaired by...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — During a committee hearing yesterday, Senate President Tuaolo Manaia Fruean said there are a lot of complaints regarding the Territorial Bank of American Samoa (TBAS) and asked TBAS board member Leilua Stevenson to look into it.
Tuaolo made the public statement and...
![[l-r] Property Management Office director Niumata Malo, Sen. Fa’amausili Mau Mau Jr and Rep. Gafatasi Afalava](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/immigration_board.jpg?itok=GbsqJ3K1 "[l-r] Property Management Office director Niumata Malo, Sen. Fa’amausili Mau Mau Jr and Rep. Gafatasi Afalava yesterday morning before a Senate committee for their confirmation hearing as members of the Immigration Board. [photo: FS]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — There are many “overstayers” right now in American Samoa, declared Immigration Board member, Sen. Fa’amausili Mau Mau Jr., before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
The public statement comes amid the growing number of overstayers who are discovered when they appear in...