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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Department of Health Environmental Health Services (ASDoH-EHS) has put piggery owners on notice. “Disposing of pig waste directly onto grounds near the ocean is unacceptable.  “These pig wastes are surely seeping through the ground and most likely are...
Commerce director Petti Matila
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Commerce Department has awarded $9.5 million in Rescue Plan Act funds, under “Broadband iNEI Grants”, for three projects to support the territory’s efforts to respond to and prepare for future public health emergencies like the COVID-19 pandemic. According to DOC,...
GAO meeting
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Indo-Pacific Climate Change Risk is one of the two reviews being conducted in American Samoa this week, by a five-member team from the U.S Government Accountability Office, led by Latesha Love-Grayer, GAO’s Director of International Affairs and Trade The second review,...
Lynn Pulou-Alaimalo; Paepaetele Mapu Jamias; and  Max Tuitele
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Senators yesterday approved in third and final reading a Senate bill that would set by law the maximum military leave days allotted by ASG for US Army Reservists, as well as an Administration measure amending the local tax code. Both bills now go to the House for their...
Mrs. Falenaoti Loi-On Fruean
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The newest cabinet member of the Lemanu and Talauega Administration is Director of the Department of Port Administration Mrs. Falenaoti Loi-On Fruean, after she was official approved by the House of Representatives on Wednesday, Jan. 18, in a vote of 17 yays and 1 nay....
Rep. Larry Sanitoa and Sen. Togiola Tulafono
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Prior to the approval of the House version of the $7.4 million supplemental budget bill on Tuesday, Tualauta faipule Larry Sanitoa called to address some of the many critical needs in the territory by re-appropriating $500,000 from the $1 million earmarked for the 75th...
Tanoa’i Vaaimamao Poufa
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A High Court decision has resulted in the Administration submitting legislation for Fono approval to amend the American Samoa tax code pertaining to the tax brackets, exemptions, and personal deductions at 2000 levels, Gov. Lemanu P. S Mauga wrote in a letter to Fono...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The ASG Workmen’s Compensation Commission (WCC) Fund, “is up to $5 million since August 2022 — unconsolidated — compared to $1.2 million in FY2021,” according to the Governor’s State of the Territory Comprehensive Report, distributed to lawmakers early last week. This is...
Health director Motusa Tuileama Nua
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Health Department’s new clinic on Ofu island, serving residents of Ofu and Olosega islands, is set to break ground within the next four to six months, says Health director Motusa Tuileama Nua, during a Senate Hospital/Public Health Committee hearing last Friday....
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — One of the on-going projects from fiscal year 2022 for the ASG’s Criminal Justice Planning Agency (CJPA) is financial aid to non-profit organizations in American Samoa impacted by COVID-19 in order to sustain and advance necessary services and programs to direct...

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