financial position
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Government ended fiscal year 2018 — which closed on Sept. 30, 2018 — with a “positive” General Fund balance of $3.97 million, according to Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga, speaking about ASG’s financial status as part of his State of the Territory Address at...

![[l-r] Senate President Gaoteote Tofau Palaie, Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga, House Speaker Savali Talavou Ale, and Chief Justice Michael Kruse, at the start of yesterday’s official opening of the 36th Legislature — a joint Fono session at the Gov. H. Rex Lee Auditorium. [photo: FS] [l-r] Senate President Gaoteote Tofau Palaie, Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga, House Speaker Savali Talavou Ale, and Chief Justice Michael Kruse](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/fono_opening_1874.jpg?itok=cACuKJDc)