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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa Community College (ASCC) makes available two “in-house” scholarships for students who seek financial assistance attending college, including those who are not US citizens or US nationals and therefore do not have access to federal financial aid. Each...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Overtime for Police Officers and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) personnel was highlighted during the administration’s $7.4 million supplemental budget hearing in the House last week.
Tualauta faipule, Larry Sanitoa queried the Acting Treasurer, Levi Reese as to why the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Department of Health Environmental Health Services (ASDoH-EHS) has put piggery owners on notice.
“Disposing of pig waste directly onto grounds near the ocean is unacceptable.
“These pig wastes are surely seeping through the ground and most likely are...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Commerce Department has awarded $9.5 million in Rescue Plan Act funds, under “Broadband iNEI Grants”, for three projects to support the territory’s efforts to respond to and prepare for future public health emergencies like the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to DOC,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Indo-Pacific Climate Change Risk is one of the two reviews being conducted in American Samoa this week, by a five-member team from the U.S Government Accountability Office, led by Latesha Love-Grayer, GAO’s Director of International Affairs and Trade
The second review,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Senators yesterday approved in third and final reading a Senate bill that would set by law the maximum military leave days allotted by ASG for US Army Reservists, as well as an Administration measure amending the local tax code.
Both bills now go to the House for their...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The newest cabinet member of the Lemanu and Talauega Administration is Director of the Department of Port Administration Mrs. Falenaoti Loi-On Fruean, after she was official approved by the House of Representatives on Wednesday, Jan. 18, in a vote of 17 yays and 1 nay....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Prior to the approval of the House version of the $7.4 million supplemental budget bill on Tuesday, Tualauta faipule Larry Sanitoa called to address some of the many critical needs in the territory by re-appropriating $500,000 from the $1 million earmarked for the 75th...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A High Court decision has resulted in the Administration submitting legislation for Fono approval to amend the American Samoa tax code pertaining to the tax brackets, exemptions, and personal deductions at 2000 levels, Gov. Lemanu P. S Mauga wrote in a letter to Fono...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The ASG Workmen’s Compensation Commission (WCC) Fund, “is up to $5 million since August 2022 — unconsolidated — compared to $1.2 million in FY2021,” according to the Governor’s State of the Territory Comprehensive Report, distributed to lawmakers early last week.
This is...