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Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has called on his cabinet members to put people first and not themselves, as the Administration begins its second four-year term at the helm of government, saying that anything else will be a failure for the government to serve the people of American Samoa.
Lolo’s comments...
The US Postal Service, through a contract with IBM, is again conducting a study on the timeliness of mail delivery in American Samoa and the Postal Service has confirmed that this is a legitimate study.
Local postal customers have received letters in their post office box announcing the Mail...
“Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement, nursing staffing supervisions and nursing care plan, medical supplies in the wards, physical environment, donated equipment to the hospital, life safety code issues, infectious control issues, respiratory care services, etc.” were some of the issues...
The National Weather Service has issued a FLASH FLOOD WATCH for Tutuila, Aunu’u, Manu’a and Swains until Tuesday afternoon, January 31, 2017. This is due to heavy showers and thunderstorms that are likely occurring this evening and tonight. Recent rains have made grounds saturated, and any...
Following a two-week mid session recess, the Fono reconvened yesterday, with a letter from Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga requesting early confirmation hearings for eight acting directors, who will be accompanying him to meetings in Washington D.C. next month.
Lolo first made known his request to the...
The government is planning to have Nu’uuli Technical Vocational High School become a full fledge trade school to graduate skilled workers for American Samoa, while efforts are being planned to set up trade courses at Manu’a High School.
These were some of the issues revealed by Commerce Department...
![Inside the Tauese P. Sunia Ocean Center. [SN file photo]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/science-on-a-spherer.jpeg?itok=f75v6U17 "Inside the Tauese P. Sunia Ocean Center. [SN file photo]")
Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has told the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation some of his concerns over federal rules and policies when it comes to marine sanctuaries, as well as control by the federal government over waters of American Samoa that is to benefit the people of American Samoa.
According...
As the Lolo and Lemanu Administration begins its second four-year term at the helm of government, Gov. Lolo Matalasi has moved to get the total count of all government vehicles, while the vehicle policy in the past four years has been maintained with directors given until next month to remove tints...
Hospital’s Chief Executive Officer, Taufete’e John Faumuina welcomes the “unannounced” visit by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) officials, who arrived a week ago Friday night. Taufete’e declined to further comment on the CMS visit, only telling Samoa News last week that “it’s...
![Daniel Lin, a National Geographic explorer, will be in the Manu’a Islands next week to host a workshop for high school students there, training them on how to record, document, and ‘tell their story’ about what the new solar microgrid – which has made Manu’a energy efficient — means to them. [photo: Blue Chen-Fruean]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/Daniel%20Lin.jpg?itok=IqXuI-_O "Daniel Lin, a National Geographic explorer, will be in the Manu’a Islands next week to host a workshop for high school students there, training them on how to record, document, and ‘tell their story’ about what the new solar microgrid – which has made Manu’a energy efficient — means to them. [photo: Blue Chen-Fruean]")
If all goes as planned, high school students in the Manu’a Islands will be producers, publishers, and even authors before the end of the year.
Beginning today, Monday, selected students at the Home of the Segaula will be part of a workshop coordinated by Daniel Lin, a freelance photographer with...