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  Secretary of Samoa Affairs Mauga Tasi Asuega
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Secretary of Samoan Affairs, Mauga T. Asuega has cautioned local residents who received federal disaster assistance as a result of Tropical Storm Gita, not to misuse federal money. The US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved more than $22.22 million in...
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Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Aumua Amata is pleased to announce that joint efforts between herself, Governor Lolo, and their respective teams in American Samoa and Washington, D.C. resulted in President Trump’s Administration further reviewing American Samoa’s needs related to the impact from...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In American Samoa, about 500 land use permits have been issued for new construction and repairs to homes destroyed or damaged during Gita in February. Tino Ma'o of the Project Notification and Review System Board, said the Gita rebuilding has led to improvements in home...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) winding down its local operations, Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga has urged cabinet members, who oversee ASG property damaged by Tropical Storm Gita, to complete their respective assessments while FEMA officials are still...
Acting Governor Lemanu Palepoi Sialega Mauga [SN file photo]
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Acting Governor Lemanu Palepoi Sialega Mauga has moved to curtail overtime related to US Federal Emergency Management (FEMA) activities following Tropical Storm Gita in February this year. The move comes as FEMA winds down its activities in the territory, with the...
Local government staff, including Fa’aui Fano Lefotu, prepared a farewell luncheon Wednesday afternoon for US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) officials, as the Disaster Recovery Center, located inside the DYWA Pago Pago Youth Center, officially closes tomorrow.  Pictured are two FEMA officials, with local staffers, cutting the cake — which read “Thank You FEMA.” Local government officials, who assisted FEMA officials with translations and other duties prepared the delicious cake. [photo: Leua Aio
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — SBA and FEMA remind the public that the Disaster Recovery Center located inside the DYWA Pago Pago Youth Center closes tomorrow, Saturday, and transitions into the SBA’s Disaster Loan Outreach Center (DLOC), starting next Monday, May 21. As the DRC nears closing, local...
Local government employees working at the Disaster Recovery Center, inside the DYWA Pago Pago Youth Center, are pictured with US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) officials Wednesday at the DRC, which closes tomorrow and transitions next week to the US Small Business Administration’s...
DRC CONTINUES TO SUPPORT DISASTER SURVIVORS WHO REGISTERED Although registration at the Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) for those impacted by Tropical Storm Gita, ended at the close of business on May 1st, the DRC is still open to assist disaster survivors until May 19th. Located inside the DYWA...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The US Federal Emergency Management Agency and ASG remind members of the public impacted by Tropical Storm Gita, that 4p.m. tomorrow, Tuesday, May 1, is the deadline to register for federal disaster assistance. Anyone with damage due to the storm must register with FEMA...
FEMA’s William “Billy” Penn, who lives in Texas is the author of this Op-Ed. He is seen in this photo drinking a cold ‘niu’. He has worked on countless disasters as an external affairs specialist throughout the United States and Alaska. This was his first trip to American Samoa for Tropical Storm Gita.  [photo: FEMA]
MANU’A ISLANDS, American Samoa — What a pleasant surprise for a country boy from Texas to step into this island paradise. It hurt to see so many homes damaged and property destroyed but the people we saw seemed happy. Where were the ones who had lost so much? FEMA came to help. With excellent...

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