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Honolulu, HAWAII — at the East-West Center Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata urged Pacific leaders to insist that the People's Republic of China meet international standards on reducing greenhouse gas emissions that are threatening the very existence of some Pacific Island countries.
“While China...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Governor Lemanu Peleti Mauga’s nomination of Christian Ausage as a member of the Feleti Barstow Public Library Board of Directors has been unanimously approved by the Senators this week.
The vote was conducted yesterday and Ausage received 12 yes votes without any...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga, and First Lady Ella joined others for a church service on Sunday, (Sept. 11) at the Iakina Seventh Day Adventist Church in Iliili to open the two-week, 2022 Coastweeks celebration in American Samoa under the theme, “A Healthy Coast is a Wealthy...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) grant for LBJ Hospital will allow the territory’s only medical facility to fund a project to increase its ability to provide acute medical care.
The federal grant of $1,903,957 is part of the federal government’s response to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The lack of local matching funds for the $86 million annual allocation to the American Samoa Medicaid State Agency has resulted in the return of millions of dollars in Medicaid funds in the last two years back to the U.S Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS),...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A bill designating the Department of Health to set forth required head trauma guidelines for concussions has been submitted once again for approval into law.
This is not the first time this measure has been proposed by Tualauta Faipule, Larry Sanitoa. The co-sponsors are...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With an increase in the September fuel surcharge, the American Samoa Power Authority has again called for community support of the planned wind turbine farm in Aoloau, while a Facebook posting identifying itself as Le Vaomatua is opposing the plan, arguing in an online...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man accused of attempting to assault his brother’s wife while she was holding her two-year-old daughter was arrested in June.
Faasega Saili made his initial appearance in court where the court granted a motion from the defense attorney to release Saili on his own...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Former Police Commissioner, Le’i Sonny Thompson is in support of the move by the current Administration to separate the Territorial Correctional Facility from under the umbrella of the Department of Public Safety (DPS).
“One of my concerns during my time as the...
Honolulu, HAWAII — Hawaii dispensaries reported about $50 million in sales in 2021, but a report by the Tax Working Group of the Dual Use of Cannabis Task Force estimates that is only about 20% of sales statewide.
The report comes as Hawaii’s eight legal dispensaries of medical marijuana have...