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Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming a health grant for maternal and child health services.
This discretionary grant of $86,862 is for American Samoa Department of Health from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), a part of the U.S. Health and Human...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Through an Oct. 12th memorandum to ASG directors, Human Resources director Lynn Pulou-Alaimalo put a halt on all pre-selections of applicants/candidates for the recruiting process, saying that this “practice is a violation of merit principles” under local regulations.
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga signed into law last Friday, Oct. 14th, a Fono approved bill, which originated from the Senate that amends local laws to allow the local government to staff the ASG Employees Retirement Fund (ASGERF) board of directors with an additional member...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 46-year-old man accused of assaulting his 58-year-old neighbor with a knife and metal pipe last year is now in custody after he was arrested last month.
Alefa Failautusi was arrested during a traffic stop for driving a vehicle with an expired license plate tag. During...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — During the COVID-19 Task Force meeting on Monday this week, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga urged members to continue looking and planning ahead despite the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent Delta variant which has cost the government more than $18...
Washington, D.C — In response to a letter from Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata, Australian Minister for the Pacific Sen. Zed Seselja commended her for her “commitment to establishing a new hospital for the people of American Samoa,” and went on to say. “I agree it is a very important endeavor and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man is now in custody after he was arrested last week on the allegation that he sexually abused a 14-year-old girl.
Joseph Leota made his initial appearance before District Court Judge Gwen Tauiliili-Langkilde last week.
He is charged with one count of sodomy, a class...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A fourth imported COVID-19 positive case has been identified by local health officials after one of the passengers who arrived from Honolulu on the Oct. 14th Hawaiian Airlines flight tested positive.
The new COVID-19 was one of the passengers quarantined at the Fatuoaiga...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A woman accused of passing bad checks at several restaurants and at least one store is now in custody after she was arrested two weeks ago.
Leataata Poufa made her initial appearance in District at that time.
She is charged with one count of passing bad checks; one count...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The case of a man accused of causing serious bodily harm to another man in Petesa last month has been bound over to High Court, after the Court found probable cause to support the charges during a preliminary examination (PX) last week.
Aleki Ualesi who is held in...