ASG receives Federal grant for Maternal and Child Health Services
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata welcomed a federal grant notice last week of $67,893 from the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) dedicated to mater


![PIF Secretary General, Mr. Henry Puna from Ratotonga, emphasized: “the importance of ensuring that each of you [the delegates] as foreign leaders have the time and the space to engage in and amongst yourselves on issues of critical importance to our collective aspirations and development as a forum.” PIF Secretary General, Mr. Henry Puna](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/pac_is_forum_sec._gen_henry_puna.jpg?itok=z_1hXYyn)







![Mr Crocos' (second left) wife (left) and daughter have spent a week with him in LBJ Hospital while waiting for a medivac flight to fly him to Australia. The family had managed to arrange a medivac flight to New Zealand but it was abandoned at the last minute due to a shortage of hospital beds, Mr. Coscos’ son, Mathew Bierberg told Nine News in Australia. [photo: 7NEWS.com.au] Mr Crocos' (second left) wife (left)](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/7189_0.jpg?itok=Ln_wtCC2)