Bill to end faifeau tax clears 2nd reading
The move to exempt ministers of religion from paying income taxes is a step closer to becoming a reality after Parliament passed a bill to this effect in second reading. The bill has now been ...Read more
The move to exempt ministers of religion from paying income taxes is a step closer to becoming a reality after Parliament passed a bill to this effect in second reading. The bill has now been ...Read more
The House of Representatives yesterday approved a resolution requesting a study for the construction of a bridge between Tutuila and Aunuu. According to the measure, “More lives have been claimed ...Read more
Yesterday KHJ News reported that beginning with the March flights from Hawaii, the Covid-19 Task Force has decided to charge for Covid tests in Honolulu and a $200 fee for quarantine costs in the ...Read more
The US Army Corps of Engineers is doing a feasibility study to fix the drainage and flooding problems in the Tafuna-Leone Plains. The area being targeted is around Fagaima, Malaeimi and Pala ...Read more
Governor Lemanu Peleti Mauga has sent to the Fono for confirmation his nomination of Fonoti Douglas Jessop to the Board of Directors of the Hospital Authority. Fonoti fills the vacancy created by ...Read more
Samoa is now requiring travelers from American Samoa to be quarantined for up 21 days. Since the pandemic travelers from the territory to Apia have not been subject to quarantine. In a special ...Read more
More than 100 teachers took part in the 5th Educators Night hosted by the Teacher Education Department (TED) at the American Samoa Community College (ASCC),. They enjoyed various presentations ...Read more
Yesterday the Constitutional Review Committee approved a proposal from Governor Lemanu Peleti Mauga to have the Chief Justice and Asosciate Justice appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the ...Read more
American Samoa will soon have a Samoan Language Commission established by law with start up funding of $150,000 from unspent and unobligated funds from Fiscal Years 2019 and 2020. The House ...Read more
According to a resolution to establish a Senate Select Investigative Committee, one of the ASG projects that the committee is to look into is the “operation and financial expenditures for the ...Read more