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Rome, ITALY — Sabrina Suluai-Mahuka is representing American Samoa at the biennial United Nations Global Indigenous Youth Forum (UNGIYF), which is the only Indigenous-related high-level forum hosted by the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
While there are 6,000...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Leone High School made history last Saturday night at the Suigaula o le Atuvasa Beach Park in Utulei, as it made a clean sweep of the Inaugural Moso’oi Cultural Day Siva Competition, topping all seven categories (each with a monetary prize of $500) and the overall prize...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Before signing into law the Administration’s Supplemental Appropriation for fiscal year 2024, Gov. Lemanu P.S Mauga line-item vetoed two budget items totaling $2.5 million, which were allocated to the Fono, thereby reducing the supplemental bill from $22 million to just...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The October Moso’oi Festivities held its inaugural Cultural Night this past Saturday evening Oct. 21, 2023, with, a competition between high schools showcasing traditional Samoan performing arts, singing, and cultural games.
Seven high schools from the territory...
ASG directors urged to have employees take advantage of training course for federal grant recipients
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Graduate School USA — with funding support from the U.S Department of Interior (USDOI) and in conjunction with the Office of the Governor — has confirmed the "New Grantee Orientation" training course in Oct. 30 at the American Samoa Community College Multipurpose...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Community College (ASCC) — Agriculture, Community and Natural Resources (ACNR) Division’s Agriculture Extension Program (AEP), in partnership with the American Samoa Environmental Protection Agency (ASEPA) hosted a three-day training earlier this month...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S Treasury Department’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) has an open-ongoing audit, which began in 2020, of the American Samoa Government’s use of the millions of dollars awarded to the territory through the federal Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) proceeds.
And this...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An increase of 1.8 percent in the real gross domestic product (GDP) for American Samoa in 2022 — after decreasing 0.8 percent in 2021 — “reflected increases in government spending and exports,” according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) statistics report...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A woman contacted the Tafuna Police Substation on October 16, 2023, reporting that she had been assaulted by her husband who had punched her in the head and face. Officers responded to the call in Nu’uuli and while making their way to the residence, they were waved down...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Over thirty service members and their families took part in a Toa o Samoa town hall led by Gov. Lemanu P.S. Mauga in Hawaii on Oct. 20, 2023. In addition, retired service members were present, along with Papali’i Dr. Tusi Avegalio.
The town hall meeting offered a...