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ASG VEHICLES

ASG vehicle in disabled parking place
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The driver of the Government vehicle seen parked at the disabled spot at the Lumana’i building last week has defended why the car was there in the first place.   This follows a front page photo on Samoa’s News edition May 25, 2022 taken by a member of the community where...
Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga has issued an executive order regulating that government-owned and operated vehicles are to be used for “official purposes only” as there are still reports circulating in the community of alleged abuse and misuse of government vehicles during and...
Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has directed police to take into custody the driver of any ASG vehicle, who is not supposed to be operating that vehicle;  and the ASG Road Marshal has been instructed to canvas church locations on Sundays to identify the misuse of ASG vehicles...
Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — There is no such thing as “lease to own” of a vehicle under government policy, said Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga, who described the practice as “corrupt” during Tuesday’s cabinet meeting. Lease-to-own government vehicles, as well as ASG vehicle use after hours, were some of...
Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga and Lt. Gov. Lemanu Palepoi Sialega Mauga
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga, in a memorandum dated Sept. 9, 2019, has once again raised the longstanding issue of government vehicle abuse. Addressed to the Secretary of Samoan Affairs, CEOs, directors, and executive directors of ASG departments and agencies, Lolo...
Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga and Lt. Gov. Lemanu Palepoi Sialega Mauga in a Samoa News file photo
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The governor’s first cabinet meeting of 2019 raised — again — the issue of misuse of government vehicles. This has been a long standing matter for the Lolo Administration, as in almost every cabinet meeting over the past six years, it has been on the agenda. At last...
Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga and Lt. Gov. Lemanu Palepoi Sialega Mauga
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A federal audit of the ASG Executive Branch's owned and leased-fleet, cost containment measures, and increments were some of the issues Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga raised at last Thursday’s cabinet meeting. VEHICLE AUDIT The US Department of Interior, Office of Inspector...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With “no effective controls” in place for Executive Branch government-owned and leased vehicles,  the fleet is subject to “misuse” and “theft,” says an audit report of ASG Executive Branch’s fleet by the US Interior Department’s Office of Inspector General (DOI-OIG),...