Department of Agriculture
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On Monday, the Dept. of Human and Social Services (DHSS) began issuing vouchers for the Additional Supplemental Disaster Recovery Assistance (ASDRFA) Program for local residents who were affected by Tropical Cyclone Gita.
The program, according to DHSS director...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In response to numerous complaints about Dr. Ken Lameta, the veterinarian hired from Samoa by the Dept. of Agriculture to head the animal clinic, Attorney General Talauega Eleasalo Ale recommended to DOA director Filifaatali Mike Fuiava, that Dr. Lameta be terminated, or...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga announced last Friday that the US Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service (USDA FNS) has approved American Samoa’s implementation plan to provide additional supplemental disaster recovery food assistance for American Samoa’s low-...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Since the departure of Dr. Kristen Jensen in January, the ASG Department of Agriculture’s veterinary clinic has been without a U.S. licensed veterinarian. The slow decline of the clinic’s services was made evident throughout the one-week spay and neuter campaign in June...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Department of Agriculture and the American Samoa Community College’s (ASCC) entomology lab have detected a new ant pest on Tutuila. Dr. Casper Vanderwoude of the University of Hawaii Ant Lab has confirmed the new invader to be the little fire ant,...