Lolo creates ASG entry pay scale for high school grads and Associate degree holders
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — ASG has set a new compensation threshold policy for graduates holding Associate of Arts degrees and high school diplomas entering the workforce, according to Go

![Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga established a new entry pay scale for high school grads and AA-degree holders through a directive issued Wednesday. [SN file photo] Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/gov._lolo-headshot_52.jpg?itok=jhWsCGdz)

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![This photo taken yesterday by Lt. Junior Grade (LTJG) Jackson Vanfleet-Brown, the NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps., NOAA Observatory Tula, Station Chief and shared with Samoa News shows what is left of the now destroyed NOAA marine debris science research platform at the NOAA leased property on Tasi Street in Tafuna. [Photo: LTJG Vanfleet-Brown/NOAA] The now destroyed NOAA marine debris science research platform](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/mdmap_destroyed_.jpg?itok=OI5wj9Wf)
![American Samoa Medicaid State Agency staff, along with director Sandra King-Young in this photo July 21st at the Pago Pago Airport where they assisted travelers on the Medicaid charter flight that evening to Honolulu. The photo was posted on Christinna Lutu-Sanchez’s Facebook page and published by Samoa News with her permission. [photo: Lutu-Sanchez Facebook] Medicaid staff at the airport on the night of the charter flight](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/medicaid_staff.jpg?itok=_0s5NqOF)

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