Special Program funding gets a boost in proposed FY2024 budget
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A “deferred” savings account for ASG employees; development of ASG’s land in Samoa; and building a small boat wharf in the Western District are among a handful


![The Jean P. Haydon Museum collection comprises not only artifacts, but a variety of paintings, weavings, and other Samoan and Pacific cultural items. [photo: AT] PART OF THE MUSEUM COLLECTION](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/asst_vaka_3804.jpg?itok=pDk_hb51)
![Leading off the Opening Ceremony parade at the 2023 Samoan Heritage festivities in Hawaii were the U.S. flag, the flag of the State of Hawaii, the American Samoa flag and the flag of Samoa [ASG photo] FLAGS OPENING PARADE](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/flag_parade.jpg?itok=C4zJupzq)

![Participants from Papua New Guinea, the Sea Women of Melanesia, Australian Traditional Owner groups (Gidarjil Development Corporation), as well as community representatives from the Aleipata district, gathered for the Pacific ReefCloud Monitoring Project Knowledge Exchange Workshop at the Satitoa Catholic Church hall last week in Samoa. [photo: SPREP] Pacific ReefCloud Monitoring Project Knowledge Exchange Workshop participants](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/samoa_coral_meeting.jpg?itok=47uQqoLu)
![This past Thursday, July 27, ASG honored Fulbright Scholar Dr. Mary-Nia M. Santos (2nd right) along with ASG personnel and members of the ASCC-ACNR Division at Land Grant, which is hosting Dr. Santos. [ASG photo] Dr. Mary-Nia M. Santos](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/ascc_honored.jpg?itok=MHwkwjAH)



