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Xavier Becerra
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S. Presidential COVID-19 Emergency Declaration for American Samoa “will close effective” May 11, 2023 — which is the same date that the nationwide declaration — issued in March 2020 — as well as individual pandemic declarations for all states and territories, will...
Purse Seiner vessels in Pago harbor
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Prior to the five-week recess, the House of Representatives unanimously approved a measure giving the Department of Port Administration authority to establish a local licensing system for US flagged purse seiner vessels. This was measure was also approved in the Senate,...
 [l-r] Gov. Lourdes Leon Guerrero of Guam, American Samoa’s Gov. Lemanu P.S. Mauga, and Gov. Arnold I. Palacios of CNMI
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu P. S. Mauga shared with a U.S. Senate committee last Thursday, American Samoa’s “dilemma” in which a percentage of local residents, who have made the territory their home for 20 years, don’t qualify for the federally funded Medicaid program. “Our dilemma in...
The IGIA Annual Meeting in session
WASHINGTON D.C — Last week’s Interagency Group on Insular Areas (IGIA) annual meeting heard Gov. Lemanu P.S. Mauga open his remarks by thanking the U.S President and the DOI leadership for leading the efforts to waive for territories the local match requirement for Federal grants and he closed his...
American Samoa District Court building
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man appeared in the District Court yesterday on charges of sexual abuse in the first degree; false imprisonment; endangering the welfare of a child and assault in the third degree. According to the government’s case, police received a complaint last month over claims...
Emergency siren
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Department of Homeland Security (ASDHS) issued a notice last month advising the public of the maintenance and repair work ongoing for all emergency sirens on Tutuila and Aunu’u. Contractor for the project, American Signals Corporation, is on island,...
ASG logo
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Department of Treasury is now offering vendor Automated Clearing House Services (ACH) to ASG departments/agencies and the private sector. Automated Clearing House, is also known as direct payments, a service that was suspended some years back.  “ASG...
Galumalemana Fuapopo Avegalio
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Kathy Jacobitz, Director, Jen Rhoda and Angie Pasho registered nurse educators were on island this past week to offer services on when it comes to poison exposure. They are part of the Nebraska Regional Poison Center and they were hosted by Emergency Medical Services...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man in his 20s who was the subject of a video that circulated online of an alleged police brutality incident, Sone Wilson has been charged. Wilson made his initial appearance in the District Court earlier this week and is facing charges of public peace disturbance;...
DOC AND CENSUS PERSONNEL
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The ASG Commerce Department and their chief statistician, Meleisea Vai Filiga have joined the U.S Census Bureau in urging businesses to respond to the 2022 Economic Census survey for American Samoa, as the outcome will — among other things — provide data on existing...

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