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ASDOE can again access ARPA funds from USDOE
The American Samoa Department of Education can again access American Recovery Plan Act Education funds from the US Department of Education. In March of this year USDOE had rescinded approval it issued in December of […]

Social media post referred to bomb on HA Flight 465
A social media post that apparently referred to a bomb on board last night’s Hawaiian Airlines flight from Honolulu had local authoritative on alert when the aircraft landed at Pago Pago International Airport. Commissioner of […]

US House Ready For Quick Turnaround on Tax, Budget Bill
US House Speaker Mike Johnson says the House will act quickly on the Senate’s version of the President’s tax and spending bill, to get the measure to the President’s desk by the target date, July […]

Polynesian Hall of Fame Football Camp set for July 1st
Last year NFL star Juju Smith Schuster, was in the territory for the Polynesian Hall of Fame football camp. The camp returns to the territory next week led by Co-founders of the Polynesian Hall of […]

DOI streamlines offshore mineral polices
The Department of the Interior has announced new policy steps to speed up the search and development of critical minerals offshore. DOI says these actions support the Trump administration’s efforts to strengthen American leadership in […]

Pacific Energy applies for tax exemption
An application from fuel company, Pacific Energy Inc, was on the agenda of the first meeting of the ASG Tax Exemption Board last Friday. Treasurer Donald Kruse who is chairman of the Board, said the […]

Inmate who escaped June 15, still at large
An inmate who escaped from the Territorial Correctional Facility on June 15, Fathers Day, is still on the run. Director of the Department of Corrections Palaita Tusipasi Suiaunoa said the inmate is Deion White of […]

Installation of playground equipment at Lions Park begins
Installation of playground equipment at Lions Park is now underway and should be in use in three months time. Acting Director of Parks and Recreation Tapusalaia Maneafaiga said the contractor, Vailuu & Sons, is installing […]

Samoa Airways seeks extension to cabotage waiver for Manu’a flights
Samoa Airways is requesting the US Department of Transportation to extend its cabotage exemption to operate flights between Tutuila and Manu’a. The airline’s current exemption expires July 10. In a filing with US DOT on […]
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Submit your Letters to the Editor
Many of you requested it and now it’s finally here! Letters to the Editor now has it’s own section on talanei.com. To submit a letter, email Monica Miller. Here are some simple guidelines to […]

Tusi Fa’alaua’itele: O le Fa’ai’uga – Ma se Vala’au e Tūtū Fa’atasi
MO: Sui uma o le Polokalame Litaea ale Malo o Amelika Samoa (American Samoa Government Employees Retirement Fund or ASGERF) I masina ua tuana’i, sa ou avatua ai i se faasologa o tusi fa’alauaitele (open […]

Open Letter: An Epilogue – A Call to Organize
To the Members of the American Samoa Government Employees Retirement Fund (ASGERF), Over the past several months, I have shared with you four open letters detailing the governance and management challenges within our Fund. These […]
Obituaries

Diane Suvania Niko-Teofilo Obituary
Diane Suvania Niko-Teofilo met her Savior on Friday, March 7, 2025 at the age of 34. She was born on October 23, 1990, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Diane was a loving wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt, […]

Joseph Nikolao, Sr. 1949-2024
By Johnny Victor Toma Joseph “Sefo” Nikolao was born on March 23,1949, in Moamoa, Samoa. He was raised in the village of Futiga, American Samoa. This was the first village where his parents, Nikolao Filipo […]

HC Afoafouvale Leulumoega Fou Su’esu’e Lutu: Feb 24, 1947-Dec 15, 2023
Download Flyer Here Faamanatuina le Soifua 15 FEPUARI, 2024, 10 P.M. Taunuu lona Sa i le malae vaalele i Tafuna, Amerika Samoa 23 FEPUARI, 2024, 1 P.M. Sauniga Fa’aleaiga (Family Service) EFKAS Fagatogo – Ki […]