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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On behalf of the American Samoa people, Lt. Governor Talauega Ale yesterday presented over half a million dollars to the Kingdom of Tonga to aid in the wake of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption, ashfall, and tsunami.
In attendance over zoom were Tonga’s Prime...

![Lt. Governor presents American Samoa’s aid to the Kingdom of Tonga. [courtey photo] In attendance over zoom were Tonga’s Prime Minister Hu’akavameiliku Siaosi Sovaleni, Deputy Prime Minister Poasi Tei, Minister for Finance Tatafu Moeaki, members of the ASG cabinet, and Reverend Tevita Paea, president of the Tongan Community in American Samoa](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/tonga_zoom_presentation_copy.png?itok=MbfesPWZ)