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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Lemanu-Talauega Administration has begun planning for the grand opening celebration of the Lions Park Renovation Project, which has been undergoing upgrades for the past few months and is funded from several government sources.
In a Sept. 23 memorandum, acting...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Ramen noodles has the greatest price increase for August and is one of the thirteen food commodities, which contributed to the 3.4% increase in the Basic Food Index (BFI) for August over the month of July 2022, according to the BFI report for August released over the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “Entry is limited to residents, family members of residents, and people traveling for business or other approved purpose,” is one new requirement for entering American Samoa, under the new COVID-19 Emergency Declaration dated Sept. 23 and signed by Lt. Gov. Talauega...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Senate has approved with changes ASG’s proposed budget for the new fiscal year, starting October 1 2022.
The proposed $693.41 million budget — with $84.54 million of the total allocated for salaries — is an increase of 25 percent over the previous FY 2022 $552.78...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The 1st Annual Amerika Samoa Disaster Resilience Summit opens tomorrow, Tuesday, for three days, at the Gov. H. Rex Lee Auditorium, organized by the ASG Office of Disaster Assistance and Petroleum Management (ODAPM).
Over 20 outreach booths hosted by local, state and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Governor Lemanu P.S. Mauga’s appointment of Ale Tifimalae Ale as a member of the Territorial Planning Commission was approved in a unanimous vote on Friday.
A Senate Resolution introduced last week says Ale has over 40 years of dedicated service to the American Samoa...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The House hearing scheduled for last Thursday to discuss the issue of the TALOFAPass was postponed until the main witness returns on island.
Last week, Faipule Andra Tereise Samoa informed representatives that the hearing was postponed until Medicaid Director, Sandra...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Iosefa Paito was released from the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) last week, after the court decided not to revoke his probation.
Paito, who had been held in custody without bail for 73 days after his arrest, appeared in High Court last week for a Disposition...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Grant funding from the Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) will enable the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) to make major upgrades in its capacity for instruction in the area of information technology, and will also allow the College to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Figures for salary increases for cabinet members and deputy directors proposed by the Lemanu and Talauega Administration — amount to $2.9 million.
This was revealed in a letter endorsed by Treasurer Malemo Tausaga addressed to the acting chairman of the Budget and...