Fono Leaders Don’t Support Retirement Hike
The Retirement Fund’s proposal to raise the combined employee and employee contributions by 16% in order to address the unfunded liability of the pension fund is not being well received by ...Read more
The Retirement Fund’s proposal to raise the combined employee and employee contributions by 16% in order to address the unfunded liability of the pension fund is not being well received by ...Read more
The Retirement Fund Board has not made a decision regarding a loan application of the American Samoa Telecommunications Authority. ASTCA chairman of the Board, Roy JD Hall Jr. wrote to the ...Read more
The head of the Coast Guard Marine Safety Detachment Unit in American Samoa, Lt. Vignette Kalstas leaves American Samoa in June with a legislative commendation among her prized possessions. A House ...Read more
Lt. Governor Lemanu Peleti Mauga, captain of the ASG fautasi , which won their race against the Fono fautasi, says he and his crew gave it all they had, The ASG employees, rowing the Aua fautasi ...Read more
And the winner is ASG Executive Branch. After several postponements due to bad weather, the first race for Flag Day 2016, took place this afternoon with just the Fono, rowing in Iseula o le Moana ...Read more
Before the Fono recessed after last Monday’s session, a bill proposing a 5% tax on imported bottled water was introduced in the House by Fofo Representative Puletu Dick Koko. The faipule wants ...Read more
Before the third regular session of the Fono ended yesterday, the House of Representatives approved a Senate resolution honoring a prominent traditional leader who has held many leadership ...Read more
StarKist Co. today confirmed that Andrew Choe, President & CEO at StarKist Co., will visit American Samoa the week of March 28th. Choe will spend time with employees at the StarKist Samoa ...Read more
After decades of waiting and being patient with the condition of their roads and eroded coastlines, Alataua District residents can now breathe a sigh of relief as their roads are finally getting ...Read more
Development Bank of Amerika Samoa (DBAS) President, Ruth Matagi-Fa’atili told Fono leaders today that it’s okay that the bank has been operating on a loss for several years, saying as long as ...Read more