TAO audit reveals past ASG practice of using dept operating expense budgets to fund infrastructure projects
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The infrastructural projects by the previous administration were funded using multiple sources, including departmental operating expense budgets and special pro





![Marli Olive Wesley, Samoan-Fijian American writer, has written a Substack essay, “When Pasifika Weep for Empire”, arguing that Charlie Kirk's conservative views — anti-immigrant, anti-queer, pro-policing, pro-empire — run counter to the values of the Pacific communities now mourning him. [Photo: sourced from Marli_Olive_Wesley Substack 'Rooted and Rising.’] Marli Olive Wesley](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/marli_olive_wesley_jpg_copy.jpg?itok=lHvNlzIO)



