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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An interim report released last week by the U.S Federal Communications Commission, analyzing how the Connected Care Pilot Program and the COVID-19 Telehealth Program impacted health care providers' use of telehealth services re-confirms the award and use of more than $...
WASHINGTON — U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs has announced that proposals are now being accepted for the Energizing Insular Communities (EIC) grant program for fiscal year (FY) 2023. The anticipated total funding available to the territories is $15.5 million. Those...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — When the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) research vessel Rainier docked at the Pago Pago Harbor wharf last Friday with a total of 55 crew members, they set up tours for local leaders.
An official tour of the ship was conducted by Commanding Officer...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Dr Victor Terenuku Tofaeono is expressing his disappointment after his nomination to serve on the hospital board was rescinded.
This was confirmed in a letter addressed to Governor Lemanu P. S. Mauga dated March 26, 2023.
“I am writing to protest the manner in which you...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A status hearing for Lepuia’i Allen Mayer in the case where he allegedly made an anonymous bomb threat, was held at the District Court this past Friday.
Mayer was charged after allegedly making a bomb threat last year in May, prompting the evacuation of the seaport and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The increasing number of deaths in the territory — with 36 in January of those who have passed due to unhealthy lifestyles — was the focus of a Senate hearing last week.
Senate President Tuaolo Manaia Fruean raised these concerns with the Department of Health during the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Losses of over $50 million tala for Samoa government-owned Samoa Airways were outlined in the 2023 Benchmarking and Performance and Building Climate Resilience enterprises report for Pacific states which zeroed in on Samoa Airways’ losses recorded over the years.
Samoa...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The hospital’s former Human Resources Director, and Director of the Office of Special Projects and Public Relations (OSPPR) Malopao Dr Akenese Nikolao has appealed her “wrongful termination” citing a number of issues.
She is represented by Meredith Sunia Law.
In early...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — This week the Congregational Christian Church of American Samoa dedicated several projects on the compound, including the Kanana Fou High School Access Road.
McConnell Dowell was the contractor for the roadwork, and the funding was secured from the Department of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Through a Mar. 22 memorandum, Gov. Lemamu P. S. Mauga reiterated government policy that bans ASG workers who don’t have a driver’s license and don’t have an official permit to operate government vehicles.
“Many ASG employees have government vehicles entrusted to them for...