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Nikolao Pula
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The US Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) has proposed more than $24 million in basic operations for the American Samoa government and nearly $10.3 million in Capital Improvement Project (CIP) funds for the territory under the Biden Administration’s fiscal year...
Nat'l Marine Fisheries Service logo
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A House Concurrent Resolution supports the request by the Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources (DMWR) to suspend the US National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) proposed coral critical habitat designation process that will impact coral in the waters of American...
Chief Justice F. Michael Kruse
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Chief Justice Michael Kruse made it clear to attorneys handling the matters of two inmates who appeared in High Court last week for a Disposition Hearing for failure to comply with conditions of their probation that the court doesn’t run the Territorial Correctional...
Washington, D.C. – Friday, Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata welcomed a major grant of $1,590,738 for American Samoa’s Head Start program from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The substantial grant from HHS is part of its emergency supplemental funding program for Head Start...
American Samoa District Court building
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 42-year-old taxi driver accused of disturbing the peace at a Pago Pago store is now being charged with drug possession after police searched his vehicle and found a glass pipe containing methamphetamine (meth). Thomas Tagiilima, a.k.a Tomasi Tagiilima who is on...
Mental Health Summit flyer
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Veterans Affairs Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC), in collaboration with government and non-profit partners, will be hosting a hybrid virtual and in-person summit focusing on issues impacting veteran mental health. The summit is slated for June 16th and June...
DOH Acting Director, Vesi Talalelei Fautanu Jr
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Department of Health (DOH) is investigating a matter after four pallets containing a quantity of food stuffs from Samoa arrived in the territory last week via the Lady Naomi. This was confirmed by the DOH Acting Director, Vesi Talalelei Fautanu Jr during an interview...
Amata and Army corps in Honolulu
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata met with Honolulu Commander Lt. Col. Eric S. Marshall and the Army Corps of Engineers last week, and was briefed on the status of their numerous projects in American Samoa, and discussed their previous report on LBJ Tropical Medical Center. At the...
Associate Justice Fiti Sunia
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A status hearing on the government’s case against former executive director of the Retirement Fund Luatua Filisouauga Taafua was held before Associate Justice Fiti Sunia this week. The defendant is charged with 28 criminal counts, including 14 counts of stealing and 14...
Fiafia Sunia
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — During a meeting last week Thursday with StarKist Samoa executives, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga gave his approval for the Guest Worker Permit program, as an option, when needed, to help the cannery recruit more workers from Samoa, according to the Governor’s...

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