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St. George’s, GRENADA — Those attending a gathering of the United Nations Decolonization Committee are hearing about the challenges American Samoa faces in its relationship with the US, and the “way forward” as far as a future political status of the US territory.
Attorney General Talauega Eleasalo...
Sacramento, CA — Director Tanya N. Garfield of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Disaster Field Operations Center-West announced this week that SBA has approved more than $5 million in federal disaster loans for American Samoa businesses and residents impacted by Tropical Storm Gita that...
![Amata with Superintendent Scott Burch, Ranger/Education Assistant Pua Tuaua Jr., and the hardworking maintenance crew of the National Park of American Samoa that was busy with post-Gita duties at Amalau Bay. [courtesy photo]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/amata_with_superintendent_scott_burch_and_ranger-education_assistant_pua_tuaua_jr_and_the_hardworking_maintenance_crew_of_the_national_park_of_american_samoa_crew_at_amalau_bay.jpg?itok=njm00o-1 "Amata with Superintendent Scott Burch, Ranger/Education Assistant Pua Tuaua Jr., and the hardworking maintenance crew of the National Park of American Samoa that was busy with post-Gita duties at Amalau Bay. [courtesy photo]")
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Aumua Amata voted to permanently preserve and protect a historic site in Kentucky under the mission of the National Park Service, as the Natural Resources Committee advanced six bills, and highlighted our own National Park of American Samoa.
“I have great...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Drugs and drug paraphernalia were allegedly found at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) in Tafuna during a shake-down by the DPS Vice & Narcotics Unit last week.
Prior to the shakedown, the Chief Probation OfFIcer and his team carried out drug testing — as...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — According to CNN news reports on Wednesday, the White House is seeking to cut funding from the Children’s Health Insurance Program, known as CHIP, as part of its larger request for cuts to the federal budget in a rescissions package sent to Congress this week.
The...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — After the High Court sentenced Sefulu Maifea last Friday to 28 months at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF), as a condition of a 7-year probation term for embezzlement, he once again appeared in District Court yesterday morning for a Probation Revocation hearing...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The United Nations Decolonization Committee is again being informed “that we, the people of American Samoa, do not consider ourselves a colonized people,” according to the written statement of ASG and Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga that was presented by Attorney General...
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa — If you disagree with a decision letter from FEMA, you have 60 days from the date of the letter to appeal the decision. A letter that says you are ineligible for benefits may only mean that you need to give additional information.
Read your denial letter carefully to see...
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Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Aumua Amata voted for legislative efforts that continue the process of reforming the U.S. Department of Veterans’ Affairs, as the Veterans Affairs Committee passed a total of 16 bills.
“Our country has a special commitment to our veterans,” said Amata. “Step by...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — May 6-11, 2018 is Nurses Week in the territory and dozens of caretakers at the LBJ Medical Center as well as the local Department of Health are being honored with gifts and praises from not only family members, but also community members whose lives they've touched at...