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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa received two items of great news yesterday concerning its Affordable Care Act (ACA) funds for its Medicaid program.
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According to Sandra King Young, Medicaid Director- American Samoa Medicaid State Agency, Congress has agreed to let all territories...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man charged with public peace disturbance and third degree assault made his initial appearance in District Court yesterday morning.
Vaimaa Vaimaa Jr was released on his own recognizance and ordered by Judge Elvis P. Patea not to make any direct or indirect contact with...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The fiscal year 2020 budget call-letter will be going out soon from the Office of Program Planning and Budget, and the ceiling threshold will be set at the current FY 2019 approved budget - which is just over $400 million.
The ceiling for the proposed FY 2020 budget,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Acting Governor of American Samoa, Lemanu Peleti Sialega Mauga has launched the territory’s first policy on how to manage and support civil servants who are experiencing drug or alcohol related problems in the workplace.
The American Samoa Government Drug and Alcohol...
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Aumua Amata welcomed this week’s first look at the House Interior Appropriations bill, which contains her request for a third straight yearly increase for American Samoa, which is over $2.5 million more than the federal budget proposal for American Samoa Government...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The chapel at Manumalo Baptist Church was full of smiles — and tears — as parents, family members, and friends gathered yesterday morning to witness the graduation of eight seniors, the Class of 2019.
Paramount Builders, a local company, prides itself in promoting...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — This past Monday, at their headquarters in Nuuuli, Bluesky thanked American Samoa for two decades of support. The company opened its doors for business in 1999, offering premiere telecommunications services in and for the local community.
Over the years, Bluesky has...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — It was revealed during Day Two of Manu Lefatia’s jury trial that ‘warning gunshots were fired’ by one police officer during a confrontation with Lefatia in Vaitogi — in an effort to get Lefatia to comply with his command.
Moreover, government witnesses identified Lefatia...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — District Court Judge Elvis P. Patea said during an evidentiary hearing for Pisoma Kimo this week that documents presented to the court by an Immigration officer a few months ago regarding Kimo's immigration status were “fraudulent”.
Patea has left it up to the government...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Traditionally held several days prior to each semester’s commencement ceremony, the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) graduate banquet gives each graduating class an opportunity to celebrate as a group the milestone in their lives of having earned their degrees and...