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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Department of Health- Behavior Health Services along with the Department of Human Resources are hosting at least 1000 government workers each day for this week’s Suicide Awareness Training Program at the Governor H. Rex Lee Auditorium in Utulei, Monday through Friday...
Washington, D.C. — Uifa’atali Amata took part in a hearing Tuesday in the House Natural Resources Committee’s Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations that examined U.S. waters and the marine sanctuary and monument. The hearing was titled, “Examining Barriers to Access in Federal Waters: A...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Senate Government Operations Committee yesterday convened as a committee of the whole to discuss any proposed changes to the Senate Joint Resolution which would give individuals who have lived in American Samoa for more than 20 years, the opportunity to have a stay...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Two weeks ago the community was aghast at the news of the death of a woman, a mother, at the hands of her husband in a domestic violence incident. Samoa News reported the incident, at the time, from the point of view of a fellow church member, who spoke of her friend...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Department of Legal Affairs, along with the director of the department’s Consumer Protection Bureau announced in a Notice of Intended Action, adding to the American Samoa Administrative Code current laws pertaining to the “Reconditioning of Products” that enter the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Officers on patrol in front of CBT in Nu’uuli stopped an individual riding a bike, on Sept 2, 2023 at 2:45 PM, and discovered drugs inside a fanny pack that was on his person. The individual arrested was identified as Mark Tafua, who officers discovered had an active...
Washington, D.C. — A congressional hearing that focused on urgent global efforts to save children from human trafficking, cam alongside the introduction of a bill led by Congressman Jim Moylan (R-Guam) to strengthen legal penalties for child trafficking crimes.
Thursday’s hearing of the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Off-Island Medicaid Referral Program (OMRP) is running smoothly according to Medicaid Office Director Tofoitaufa Sandra King-Young during the joint hearing of the Senate and House Budget and Appropriations Committee last week.
However, some lawmakers stated that...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Government’s use of $1.5 million of federal Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) proceeds, to purchase the vessel, MV Pago Pago, was in “violation” of federal laws and regulations of the U.S Treasury and so far ASG has paid back about $1 million as of Sept....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Senate Joint Resolution on the qualifications for some long-term residents to become electors was the subject of review during a public hearing, held last week Thursday, that heard not only from the public, but also from senators in their discussion of possible...