GOVERNMENT SERVICES
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Families are voicing their frustrations and disappointment with government delays by agencies that should be providing services for families who have lost a loved one.
Families say they have been unable to pick up death certificates to begin their funeral plans for the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Owners of vehicles whose license plate sticker expired during the Code Red elevated threat level as well as residents whose Immigration IDs have expired, are being asked by Lt. Gov. Talauega Eleasalo V. Ale to be patient while the government works on addressing these...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With a lot of federal money pouring in for American Samoa and sitting in the bank not used, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga urged cabinet directors to move forward on projects for which these funds are allocated, instead of delaying them.
Lemanu told directors...



![According to the governor, a lot of financial resources and funding has poured in from the federal government but it’s not being used. He said that if a director is not happy with any project, that doesn’t mean that project should be put on hold. “Find a way to correct it and move the project along,” he advised cabinet members, who were also told to look at “our process” making sure it works but “don’t hold up the process”. [SN file photo] Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/gov_lemanu_at_desk_0493_15.jpg?itok=GpKnKTeM)