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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — To address food insecurity in American Samoa and provide more equitable resources to U.S. territories, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service is providing a $10 million grant to bolster the American Samoa Nutrition Assistance Program, or ASNAP...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Chief Election Officer, Uiagalelei Lealofi, has “certified as official” the candidates for the Nov. 8, 2022 Mid-Term election, after the deadline to file a challenge against candidates has expired — which was 4:30p.m on Sept. 7.
Responding to Samoa News queries,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Passengers arriving in American Samoa who test positive for COVID-19 no longer need to quarantine but must self-isolate.
All passengers are still being tested upon arrival.
Those who are negative are cleared to leave right away.
But those who test positive remain for a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The spike in the number of contract workers hired by the Governor’s office is being scrutinized by the lawmakers during joint budget hearings this week.
The Governor’s Chief of Staff, Loa Tauapa’u Mulipola appeared before the Senators and Faipule.
Vice Speaker of the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Swains Representative Su’a Alexander Jennings is one step closes to having the right to vote in the House of Representative — a right he has been fighting to obtain for his home for over 14 years.
“Swains Island has been fighting for the right to vote for many years,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Earned Income Tax Credit bill was introduced in the Senate this week Tuesday.
According to the bill, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 was enacted by Congress on March 11, 2021, providing various sources of financial relief for individuals, families, and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa Power Authority (ASPA) power generation crews are working on commissioning a new GE generator for the Tafuna Power Plant.
According to ASPA, one of the two new GE generators will now be supplying power from Tafuna along with three Cummins engines that will...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Among the updates provided by the Health Department Situational Report to the COVID-19 Task Force briefing on Tuesday afternoon, is the end of pre-travel testing to enter Samoa and that the number of local COVID-19 positive cases continues to decline — at less than 30....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A woman has been criminally charged with driving under the influence causing injury and careless driving following a recent traffic accident in Futiga.
Mary Tuiteleleapaga made her initial appearance in the District Court on Tuesday and bail has been set at $1,000....
WASHINGTON — U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) has announced $1,351,884 in final awards to be funded under the Technical Assistance Program (TAP) and has closed its review and grant award process for fiscal year 2022 TAP grants.
“This final batch of funding will...