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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Medicaid State Agency — referred to as the ASG Medicaid Office — “lacks an adequate fixed asset register and does not regularly inventory fixed assets,” according the Territorial Audit Office (TAO) in one of it’s findings following a performance audit...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With the graduation season coming to a close and the long break ahead providing a sense of relaxation and freedom for American Samoa students, the Association for Better Living and Education (ABLE) team along with the Feleti Barstow Public Library and the ASG Department...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Leone High School, home of the Lions, held its 57th Commencement ceremony last week Thursday, June 15 on campus. It started with a procession to the song, “A Million Dreams” sung by Angelyn Aumua, Ilalio Sefika, and Tarafina Faasavalu.
The Class of 2023 musical...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Believing in partnerships has proven to save thousands of dollars for the local government and the territory’s only hospital — The LBJ Tropical Medical Center, referred to as LBJ hospital.
One such partnership is the expertise provided by a team of volunteer doctors...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — It's now recorded in the History of American Samoa, his lifetime appointment being sealed and approved on the morning of Tuesday, June 21, 2023 as the Western District Governor — Fai'ivae Iuli Godinet.
His swearing-in ceremony was held at the “Afioga Tufele Li’amatua Sr...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Before the start of the Father’s Day weekend and Juneteenth holiday, American Samoa’s Department of Homeland Security released a special bulletin on Friday, June 16, 2023 “calling upon the members of the general public to remain vigilant and report any sightings of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S Department of Interior (USDOI) is proposing a “temporary general applicability public interest waiver” of the requirements of the federal Build America, Buy America Act (BABA) for federal financial assistance awarded for infrastructure projects in the U.S...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Economic Development Council (ASEDC) – a privately owned business in American Samoa — has received a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) from the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA).
ASEDC chairperson, John Wasko, explains that the UEI is the gateway...
Dunedin, NEW ZEALAND — A genetic variant commonly found in Māori and Pacific people could help to boost the amount of a “good” form of cholesterol, University of Otago researchers have revealed.
Their study, published in the journal HGG Advances, represents another significant genetic discovery...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it” was the theme that the Nuuuli Vocational Technical High School graduating class of 2023 chose for their commencement ceremony where 55 Wildcats walked down the aisle as they completed this part of their...