Fono Is Back in Session Today
The Fono is back in session today after a month long break. The proposed Fiscal Year 2018 budget for the American Samoa Government, which usually takes up most of lawmakers attention in the second ...Read more
The Fono is back in session today after a month long break. The proposed Fiscal Year 2018 budget for the American Samoa Government, which usually takes up most of lawmakers attention in the second ...Read more
Congresswoman Aumua Amata Radewagen is confident her bill to remove the requirements that banks hold off island checks for a certain time will also be passed by the Senate. The bill was approved by ...Read more
The U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 10 Financial CHOICE Act yesterday. Included in H.R. 10 was Congresswoman Amata’s bill H.R. 385, which would eliminate the long wait times for ...Read more
The governor is not changing his mind about hiring Aoee Adolfo Montenegro as a consultant to ASG on telecommunications despite the lawsuit against Montenegro by his former employer BlueSky ...Read more
The conference room behind the Lee Auditorium is where sessions of the House of Representatives will be held when the Fono convenes for its second regular session next July. The Senate sessions are ...Read more
By a vote of 17-1, the House of Representatives approved the governor’s nominee for Director of Education, Dr. Ruth Matagi-Tofiga. The secret ballot took place after a 1 ½ hour confirmation ...Read more
The Fono is heeding the Governor’s request to review director nominees who will be heading to Washington D.C. with him next month. In the House of Representatives this morning the following ...Read more
Remarks by the Chairman of the Retirement Fund Board to the effect that it’s cheaper to hold the Fund meeting with lawmakers and investment and fund managers in Honolulu than to have it here ...Read more
There were no election challenges filed when the seven day period for challenges was up at 4:30 pm today. Therefore Election Commissioner Uiagalelei Dr. Lealofi Uiagalelei has certified the results ...Read more
Former Director of Public Works, Taeaotui Punaofo Tilei, wants to return to his native Ofu, where his roots are planted, and serve his village. Taeaotui is bidding for the Manu’a District #2 ...Read more