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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Medicaid State Agency announced, in a media release, dated Sept. 5, 2023, that Dr. Annie Fuavai has been hired as a clinical medical consultant serving as the first Clinical Medical Director (CMD) for the Medicaid State Agency and the Medicaid program...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu P. S. Mauga has appointed Uta Dr. Laloulu Tagoilelagi as a member of the Board of Higher Education — the governing board of the American Samoa Community College; and Taulapapa William Sword, as member of the Board of Registration for Professional Surveyors....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Joint Budget Hearings continued last week with Senators and Faipule conducting joint hearings for the Departments of Agriculture (DOA), Public Works (DPW) and Port Administration (DPA). The legislators heard what happened to DOA subsidies, delays for new Fono Building...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Prisoners incarcerated at Samoa’s Tanumalala prison are earning several hundreds of tala while serving time.
These are convicted criminals who’ve spent years and months without seeing families, and friends, but gradually become income earners by participating full...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In the continuation of the DOE hearing held last week Tuesday, faipule Vesiai Poyer S. Samuelu voiced his disappointment on work being conducted at the Uifa’atali Peter Tali Coleman elementary school.
“I’ve read the report which states that eighty-five percent of work...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Government officials and guests gathered at the Afioga Tufele Li’amatua Sr. Tufele Cultural Center at the Su’igaula o le Atuvasa Park in Utulei on Labor Day, this past Monday, to launch the fundraising drive for Maui’s wildfire disaster relief campaign.
Governor Lemanu P...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “Births continued to decline while deaths continued to climb,” according to the American Samoa 2021 Statistical Yearbook released more than a week ago by the Commerce department’s Statistical Division, and cited under the section, “Vital and Health Statistics”, which...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Attorney General Fainuulelei Alailima-Utu faced intensive questioning from members of the Fono on the shortage of attorneys in his department, which has caused a backlog of court cases, which in turn has had a domino effect on the Tafuna Correctional Facility (TCF), as...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 20-year old Samoan man living in Alaska is facing federal charges for allegedly robbing the same credit union on two different occasions and court filings show that it was members of his family who turned him into police.
Court records show that Etuale Ioane was...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Police Commissioner Lefiti Atiulagi Pese answered questions last week Thursday when he and the local Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Director Samana Semo Ve’ve’a appeared before the Senate and were questioned about sharing intelligence between the two agencies...