Samoa Dealing Directly with USDA on Meat Ban
The Samoa Government is dealing directly with the US Department of Agriculture towards removing the current ban on meat imports from Samoa. We’re talking about povi masima, pork, sausages ...Read more
The Samoa Government is dealing directly with the US Department of Agriculture towards removing the current ban on meat imports from Samoa. We’re talking about povi masima, pork, sausages ...Read more
Lawmakers who wanted to find out who drafted the contract for the Executive Director of the American Samoa Visitors Bureau did not get anything out of Attorney General, Talauega Eleasalo Ale. Nor ...Read more
In four years, ASG hasn’t filled the position of Territorial Auditor. The last auditor, Robert Dantini, left the island in late 2014 before his contract expired. The proposed Fiscal Year 2017 ...Read more
There were no questions during review of the Treasury and Budget Office’s proposed budget for FY 2017 because there was no time. Senator Tuaolo Fruean citing the same budget figures from 2016 ...Read more
Attorney General Talauega Eleasalo Ale says the recommended quota of 100 foreigners to be granted permanent resident status each year is based on the average of applications received annually. At ...Read more
Despite senators’ concerns regarding the recent payout for former Retirement Executive Director Luatua Filisouaiga Ta’afua, the head of the Retirement Fund board insisted at a hearing last ...Read more
ASG recorded a revenue shortfall of $5.4 million for the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2016, according to an analysis by the Legislative Financial Office. The analysis by the LFO was based on ...Read more
Excise tax revenues previously earmarked to repay ASG loans from the Retirement Fund will now be assigned to service the debt for the bonds of the American Samoa Economic Development Authority. The ...Read more
There was a rushed Senate hearing yesterday on an administration bill leftover from the last session dealing with repayment of the American Samoa Economic Development Authority bonds. During the ...Read more
The Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee is taking its time to review the governor’s supplemental budget bill for Fiscal Year 2016 of $2.5 million. Fronting before the committee this ...Read more