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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Medicaid State Agency has provided the Fono with an “Expenditures Summary Financial Report” covering fiscal years 2013 up to 2022, for expenses covered by Medicaid for medial providers eligible to receive federal Medicaid funding support.
The summary...
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifaatali Amata is hailing House passage of the Peace Corps Reauthorization Act, H.R. 1456, on which she is one of the seven original co-sponsors. Notably for the Pacific region, the bill includes a requirement for a Peace Corps report to Congress on the presence...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Senate is proposing to double taxes on all soft drinks or nonalcoholic carbonated beverages from .15 cents to .30 cents.
Senator Magalei Logovii during the Senate session yesterday pointed out the bill in question is nothing new the only difference is they are...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man accused of assaulting his girlfriend and threatening to kill her was arrested and charged. John Vaivao, is charged with one count of 2nd-degree assault involving domestic violence and felonious restraint involving domestic violence, both class D felonies,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Thirteen food commodities contributed to the increase in the Basic Food Index (BFI) for July this year, according to the BFI report released this past Friday by the Commerce Department’s Statistical Division.
The BFI, which is a monthly rapid assessment of basic food...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Funding is the most pressing issue for the Public Defender’s office. This is according to Acting Public Defender David Vargas during the joint budget hearing for that office.
“Money is the biggest problem that we face not only the Public Defender’s office but also the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is now making available low-interest federal disaster loans to “certain private nonprofit organizations” in American Samoa following President Biden’s federal disaster declaration issued last week as a result of high surf,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who is on probation for a drug conviction from two years ago was arrested last month on the allegation that he assaulted a man by hitting him on the head with a rock. When the defendant was arrested, police discovered drugs on his person and in his vehicle.
Richard...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Government has allocated $4.1 million for the emergency response in Manu’a including but not limited to response to the Manu’a tremors and potential volcano eruptions, evacuation of residents, construction of escape routes and safe zones.
This is part...
Washington, D.C. — A recent U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) $250,000 mental health and substance abuse grant for American Samoa Department of Human and Social Services (DHSS) is designated for opioid programs.
According to a press release from Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata’s...