TBAS Board Members Lobby for Confirmation
While trying to stay optimistic about the government’s plan to set up a charter bank, some lawmakers are not totally sold on the idea while others are even nervous about the new ...Read more
While trying to stay optimistic about the government’s plan to set up a charter bank, some lawmakers are not totally sold on the idea while others are even nervous about the new ...Read more
While it is a highly risky operation, the American Samoa Government views the establishment of the Territorial Bank of American Samoa as a priority and is giving it serious attention. Both the ...Read more
The Senate yesterday rejected the governor’s appointment of Roy JD Hall Jr. as a board member for the American Samoa Visitors Bureau. Hall has been the cause of criticism in the Senate stemming ...Read more
Vice Speaker Fetu Fetui was not joking when he repeatedly told House Representatives they are to instruct police to bring in any Director subpoenaed by House Committees who refuse to appear. Fetu, ...Read more
The Governor’s Office has now delivered to the Fono draft legislation for confirmation of members of the Territorial Bank of American Samoa Board of Directors. A cover letter from Governor Lolo ...Read more
A woman who challenged Samoa’s Speaker of the House has been elected to Samoa’s Parliament under legislation that was passed to ensure more women representation in Parliament. Fa’aulusao ...Read more
Congresswoman Aumua Amata Radewagen told a House panel, American Samoa deserves a‘say’ in Western Pacific resource management decisions under new treaty conventions…and her “Ensuring ...Read more
A fire completely gutted a store and home in Nu’uuli this afternoon and nothing in the building could be saved. The VP Retailer and Laundromat next to the Catholic Church in Nu’uuli was ...Read more
American Samoa is getting attention in the national media once again as the countdown to Super Tuesday begins and presidential candidates try to win support from the local Democrats. Without any ...Read more
The Fono is now on a two week break after both houses approved a concurrent resolution for a mid term recess. The controversial House bill to increase the salaries of the Fono leaders and members ...Read more