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Talauega Samaoni Asaeli, Terry Eaton and Dr. Rosevonne Makaiwi Pato
  Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — ASCC President Dr Rosevonne Makaiwi Pato told the House of Representatives how important it is for American Samoa to be a part of the Western Institute of Higher Education. Dr Pato along with the Director of Education, Talauega Samasoni Asaeli and Terry Eaton of the...
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  Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata welcomed official notice of $5,352,840 for American Samoa’s Head Start program, a major grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Congress established Head Start, and appropriates funds annually for the program to help...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Of the $24 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds awarded to the Health Department for “Behavioral Health Services” projects, an estimated $990,000 is allocated for the “Vet Clinic Relocation”, and just over $23.01 million is budgeted for a new drug...
Rowena Reid
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — LBJ hospital HR director Rowena Reid says the hospital, which remains short of nurses and physicians, is turning to Thailand to look for RN qualified nurses. Only three of the more than 20 recruits from Fiji who arrived in November 2022 have passed the US Standard...
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ago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Besides its annual subsidy to the LBJ Medical Center Authority and the American Samoa Community College — referred to as the Board of Higher Education — the American Samoa Government is continuing separate funding in FY2024 for the hospital’s staff development as well as...
Senator Malaepule Saite Moliga
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Senate Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee in a hearing last Wednesday, tabled for further review, an administration bill which “repeals the powers of arrest authority which currently provides employees of the local airport security guards with the same...
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Apia, SAMOA — The Samoa Observer is reporting a man accused of murdering a female cop last December will be filing another bail application with the hope of getting released pending his Supreme Court trial next year. The defendant Edward Jireh Fanueli appeared in the Supreme Court on Monday before...
Dr Suluai-Mahuka
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — South Pacific Academy's Board of Directors announced yesterday the appointment of Dr Sabrina Suluai-Mahuka as principal of South Pacific Academy.  Dr Suluai-Mahuka has been acknowledged by two US Presidents for her dedication to academic excellence; she was honored by...
Architectural renderings of proposed LBJ upgrades
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A copy of a confidential report passed out to the House Health Committee, chaired by Ituau Faipule Manumaua Wayne C. Wilson, contained details of the architectural plans for a new two-story building that will be housing the Emergency Room, Intensive Care Unit, CT Scan,...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Of the $20 million allocated to build the new 40-bed hospital in Tafuna, just over $424,000 in expenditures have been recorded as of June 30, 2023, according to the American Samoa 2023 Recovery Plan Performance Report of the State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF...

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