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Western Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Council meeting
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Western Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Council Executive Director Kitty Simonds is criticizing the contradiction between NOAA’s proposed sanctuary in the Pacific Remote Islands, which claims to preserve cultural influences, while simultaneously abolishing...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S Government Accountability Office (GAO) in its US Territories Public Debt Outlook — 2023 Update report, issued last week Thursday found that “American Samoa continues to have some financial management and reporting issues.” While American Samoa has submitted its...
Ronald Reagan Marine Railway
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Due to lack of jurisdiction to investigate local government entities, the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will not be investigating the on-the-job fatality at the government owned shipyard at Satala. The incident resulted in the death of 23-year-...
Gov. Lemanu P.S. Mauga
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With business opportunities in the pipeline, as the territory moves forward with diversifying its economy, Gov. Lemanu P. S. Mauga says that American Samoa is “now working towards formalizing a Public-Private framework” which would allow investment by the territory’s...
HAL staff checking in passengers
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Last Thursday night’s Hawaiian Airlines flight heading to Pago Pago returned to Honolulu before it arrived in the territory due to a lavatory issue on the aircraft prompting the delay of flight-arrival in the territory until early Friday morning, according to an airline...
KANANA FOU 40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Kanana Fou Theological College is celebrating a momentous milestone — since the college’s founding 40 years ago, there have been over 400 theological student graduates. This is according to General Secretary for the CCCAS, Rev Nafaatali Falealii in an exclusive interview...
Truck hauling off debris from Alega property
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Known environmentalists for over 20 years in American Samoa have decided to give their legal argument recently dismissed in a Hawaii Court a rest. When asked about her next move following a decision by Hawaii Judge Seabright suggesting she take her case to the American...
Peteli Academy Hall
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov Lemanu P.S. Mauga drew a parallel between his administration’s initiatives on youth and First Samoan Full Gospel Pentecostal Church’s same commitment in his keynote address at the dedication ceremony of the church’s newly constructed Peteli Academy Hall on June 28,...
NOAA crew and scientist with ASG officials
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Our scientists recently set sail aboard NOAA Ship Rainier to conduct coral reef surveys and high-resolution hydrographic surveys in American Samoa and the Pacific Remote Island Areas. This expansive mission includes multiple NOAA programs, including the Coral Reef...
Dr. Jean Anderson
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — It has been six months since Moefaauo Bill Emmsley resigned as Chief Executive Officer of the American Samoa Medical Center Authority (ASMCA), or as often referred to simply as LBJ hospital, and the position is now being advertised, according to Acting CEO Dr. Jean...

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