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Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa has ordered for a full report on an incident where a boat from American Samoa allegedly entered Samoan waters without customs clearances.
In a press conference on Thursday, Fiame said border security should have seized the Kite Runner, owned...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Government’s new Fiscal Year 2024 budget threshold for local revenue is set at 5% above the current fiscal year and deadline for submission of proposed budgets for ASG entities is no later than May 22, according to Office of Program Planning and Budget...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Community College (ASCC) has reached another historical milestone with the appointment of faculty member To'oto'o'ole'a'ava Dr. Evile Fa'atauao Feleti of the Samoan Studies Institute (SSI) as chairman of the Governing Board of REL (Regional Educational...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A Facebook post is revealing a shortage of supplies — including food — on Aunu’u.
Written by an Aunu’u resident, the post circulated yesterday, April 4 pleading for help to arrange a boat to assist them with food delivery. The shortage of goods and other supplies is due...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Due to travel demand on the Honolulu- Pago Pago route, Hawaiian Airlines is adding three extra flights — on Wednesday nights — for the month of May, and this means, the airline is starting early its busy summer travel for 2023.
In a flight notification issued Tuesday...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “Not all Journal entries raised and posted into the accounting system have complete and proper supporting documents,” according to one of the findings in the Performance Audit report by the Territorial Audit Office (TAO) of the more than $14 million in federal CARES Act...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Delegation to the 2023 SelectUSA Investment Summit led by the Governor and First Lady attended a joint worship service this past Sunday at the First Samoan Congregational Christian Church - DMV, Tafatolu mo Keriso.
Reverend Tautua Amosa and Faletua...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The United States’ top foreign direct investment event – the 2023 SelectUSA Investment Summit – is underway this week at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland with Gov. Lemanu P.S. Mauga leading a delegation of key cabinet members...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming the unified stance and combined bipartisan efforts of the governors of American Samoa, CNMI, and Guam, as Governor Lemanu P.S. Mauga is visiting Washington, D.C., where among other meetings, the Governors have requested a meeting with...
Washington, D.C. — Uifa’atali Amata is observing and honoring the National Day of Prayer.
This year’s theme is “Pray fervently in righteousness and avail much.” It is based on a phrase from James 5: 16 (NKJV), which states “…the effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.”
“In...