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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa Medicaid State Agency, director Sandra King Young is applauding efforts by Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata, and other congressional delegates and representatives for their support in moving forward Medicaid provisions for American Samoa and other U.S...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Governor Lemanu P. S Mauga and Lt Governor Talauega E. V Ale are “very concerned with the nurses' current situation at LBJ.”
This is according to the governor’s Chief of Staff Loa Tauapa’i Laupola in response to Samoa News queries after nurses walked out from the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Power Authority has issued a public apology following the island wide power outage that occurred in the wee hours of last Friday morning and assured the use of Christmas lights was not the cause.
“The cause of the island wide outage was due to a faulty...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The overall goal of the American Samoa Area Health Education Center (AHEC), a program hosted by American Samoa Community College (ASCC), is to improve the health of the underserved through education and health workforce development.
Locally, AHEC pursues this goal by...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Through a Dec. 19 memorandum, Gov. Lemanu P. S Mauga publicly confirmed the government holidays for Christmas Day and New Year’s Day — the two holidays, which both fall on a Sunday. And another release of Earned Income Tax Credit checks will keep holiday bells ringing at...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Vice and Narcotics of the Department of Public Safety was at it again early Monday morning, raiding two separate residences — one in the village of Petesa and simultaneously in Fagaima village.
Close to $5,000 cash, along with methamphetamine (meth), marijuana, and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In this second part of Samoa News coverage of the condition of the National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa (NMSAS) released by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) since it was expanded a decade ago we will look at the overall biodiversity.
The...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu P. S Mauga is encouraging ASG agencies that have not completed their rule reform project with the Governor’s Rule Reform Panel to do so as the government is keeping with the timeline to finalize this important project by the end of next month.
As previously...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Close to 50 nurses were on strike yesterday morning and picketing along the Faga’alu road leading up to LBJ hospital over unpaid overtime and not getting their promised increment as announced last week by the hospital management and board.
More than 20 nurses did not...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Senate Select Investigative Committee held a hearing this past Friday where the manager of the Survey Division, Amesone Laulu testified, and the media was banned from entering the Fono chambers.
“This hearing is a closed door hearing and the media are not allowed,”...