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ODAPM director Lisa Tuato’o
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Office of Disaster Assistance and Petroleum Management (ODAPM) director Lisa Tuato’o has been named American Samoa’s territorial representative to the U.S Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Mitigation Framework Leadership Group (MitFLG). Aly Briscoe, Secretariat for...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — LBJ Medical Center’s acting chief of staff, Dr. Akapusi Ledua is thankful to the hospital’s “federal partners” for providing medical support — such as critical care nurses and doctors — in the coming days to assist the medical center in preparation in the event of a...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — During his address Monday morning, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga acknowledged and expressed appreciation to the 55-member federal team that arrived last Friday to provide personnel support and supplies to American Samoa’s response to the community spread of COVID-19....
FEMA and DHSS personnel and Unifa’atali Amata
Personnel and aid from FEMA and DHSS departed Hawaii March 4, 2022, to assist American Samoa in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Spotted in the middle is Congresswoman Unifa’atali Amata (4th from right, front row) who was reported to be traveling with the federal contingent. U.S. Army Pacific...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Some 55 federal officials, including those from the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), are scheduled to arrive today on a charter flight to provide support after community spread of COVID-19 was identified in the territory, and as the total number reached 135...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — ASG, through the Health Department, is working with its federal partners, including the U.S Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to provide more COVID-19 tests and other supplies, as community spread of the virus continues to increase. DoH officials made the...
ODAPM director Lisa Tuato’o
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — ASG’s Office of Disaster Assistance and Petroleum Management (ODAPM) has received a positive review from the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on four disaster grant awards for two U.S Presidential declared disasters in the territory. “We would like to take...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As of Aug. 30th, the U.S Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has provided a total of over $1.086 billion to more than 165,000 people in states and territories to assist with COVID-19-related funeral costs for deaths occurring on or after Jan. 20, 2020.  Of that...
Car attempting to drive through flood waters in Fagaima
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — There is good news for Fagaima residents and drivers — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming over $3.1 million in federal funding for a major storm water management and culvert project, called the Fagaima Flood Mitigation project. According to the congresswoman’s...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Earlier this year, U.S, President Joe Biden directed the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to increase the federal cost share for COVID-19 Public Assistance funding from 75 percent to 100 percent. This memo built on a previous memo issued in January and included...

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