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Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on the need for additional support for American Samoa’s Medicaid program and modernization of LBJ Tropical Medical Center. Amata is an original cosponsor of the Insular Areas Medicaid Parity...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As of Tuesday this week, the Veterinary Clinic has been transferred from the Agriculture Department to the Health Department, according to Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga’s memorandum dated Mar. 16th.
“Effective immediately,” the governor said the clinic,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Lessons learned from the second repatriation flight and preparations for the third repatriation in April were the main topics of discussion during the meeting of the COVID-19 Task Force on Monday, Mar. 15, 2021, at the Department of Homeland Security (EOC) in Tafuna,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Department of Health’s medical staff is at the Gov. H. Rex Lee Auditorium, where DoH has started another round of COVID-19 vaccinations for three-days this week — Monday, Mar. 15, today, Wednesday, Mar. 17th and Friday, Mar. 19th from 8a.m. to 3p.m.
In a health...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Government (ASG) is paying over $80,000 every month to families in Tutuila and Manu’a for land leases to ASG for government purposes, according to a report distributed in the House Chamber last week during the House Government Operation Committee...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — At last week’s cabinet meeting, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga gave directors an April timeline to begin planning for the 2022 Budget submission and a strategic “spending plan” for all grant and COVID funding.
He and Lt. Gov. Talauega Eleasalo Va’alele Ale also discussed the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man from Petesa with a long criminal history entered into a plea agreement with the government last week in High Court.
Allen Taai, who is on probation, was initially charged with unlawful possession of marijuana, an unclassified felony, punishable by term of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With American Samoa’s outdoor siren warning system not operational, local Homeland Security director Samana Semo Ve’ave’a told Senators that ASDHS already has a plan in place in times of disaster to get the message out to the community — and this includes communication...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata took part in a March 11 hearing of the Natural Resources Committee’s Subcommittee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife (WOW). This was the Subcommittee’s first hearing of 2021, following Committee organization last month, but it will take up topics over...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — StarKist Samoa is hiring. Due to the critical need for workers and the impact it would have on the local economy if the head count is not improved, Governor Lemanu Peleti Mauga and StarKist Samoa Director Jason Kim issued the following joint statement on Tuesday:
“...