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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Documentation not always being completed for employee personnel files at the Health Department, is another issue of concern raised by the Territorial Audit Office during its Performance Audit report of the more than $14 million in federal CARES Act funding awarded to DoH...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Instead of manually recording hours that employees work, the Territorial Audit Office (TAO) has called on the Health Department to evolve towards increasingly automated methods of recording and reporting of employee work times. This is according to one of the issues of...
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  Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Several employees of the Health Department were underpaid during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Territorial Audit Office has called on DoH to maintain complete and “accurate employees[‘] pays and their rates.” This is one of the issues listed under “Other Matters” that...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “There were no vehicle rental agreements prepared for rental vehicles used during the COVID-19 pandemic,” reads one of the findings in the Performance Audit report by the Territorial Audit Office (TAO) of the more than $14 million in federal CARES Act funding awarded to...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Food poisoning is real. It is deadly, says Head of the Environmental Health Services of the Department of Health, Aileen Solaita. She urges members of the public to be vigilant when eating out and to report to the DOH when experiencing food poisoning. “The conditions of...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Department of Health will take over from the LBJ hospital moving forward with the implementation the new 40-bed hospital, which came as a surprise to the Director of Health. The move was confirmed by Vice Chair of the LBJ Board, Dr Jean Anderson during a meeting...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Acting Governor Talauega E. V. Ale yesterday issued Executive Order 004-23, to ‘consolidate’ Behavioral Health Services under the Department of Public Health and amending Executive Order 0012-2016. A press statement issued says the Department of Human & Social...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Department of Health Environmental Health Services (ASDoH-EHS) has put piggery owners on notice. “Disposing of pig waste directly onto grounds near the ocean is unacceptable.  “These pig wastes are surely seeping through the ground and most likely are...
Deputy Director of Health, Vesi Fautanu Talalelei
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “Shape up or ship out” these words were uttered by Deputy Director of Health, Vesi Fautanu Talalelei in response to complaints raised by DoH staff about “new changes” to be implemented in the coming year. “The changes we are making is to better our service to the public...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Department of Health Environmental Services has issued a stern warning to members of the business community specifically on meat packing and meat cutting. In a statement posted on their official Facebook Page, the ASDOH says that meatpacking, meat...

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