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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Three Samoans residing in Southern California are facing federal charges at a Los Angles federal court for a crime spree that occurred in the Los Angeles County and ended in the death of an innocent bystander.
And the charges against the defendants — Kaelenn Maea, 26...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Two to four Tropical Cyclones (TC) predicted to be heading to American Samoa are not actually Tropical Cyclones.
The National Weather Service Pago Pago has released its weekly forecast for this week, with an “overview of the latest satellite images showing a very...
Washington, D.C. — U.S. House passed last week the Department of the Interior’s Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (H.R. 4821), one of a series of major government funding bills moving through Congress. Notably, the bill includes a $3 million allocation...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On November 3, 2023, Gov. Lemanu P. S. Mauga and a delegation of Pacific leaders arrived in Rarotonga, Cook Islands for the 52nd Pacific Island Forum and the 12th Polynesian Leaders Group meetings that began on Monday, Nov. 6 (Cook Islands time).
The delegation was...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) is pleased to announce applications for Fiscal Year 2024 funding under the Technical Assistance Programs can now be submitted to www.Grants.Gov.
The announcements for funding for Technical Assistance (TAP),...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa's Licensed Professional Counselor with over four years of experience specializing in sports counseling, Ms Lelalelei Nomura on Day Two of the Mental Health Summit Thursday, November 2, 2023 spoke on the topics of Substance Use and Suicide Prevention.
Ms...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — At a town hall held on Nov. 2, ASG’s Hawaii office announced plans for the 2024 Samoan Heritage Festival that is slated for Ke’ehi Lagoon Park in June 2024.
Director Tuiafono Vaiuli Sua Jr., opened the meeting at the Kanana Fou “Mo Oe” Hall in Kunia, north of downtown...
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata has introduced two bills — the first (H.R. 6061 ) that would allow simpler conversion to citizenship for any U.S. National choosing to do so as an individual, and the second bill ((H.R. 6062) that allows for American Samoa to enact Constitutional...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The 411th Engineer Battalion Forward Support Company of the American Samoa US Army Reserve in Tafuna yesterday held a Change of Command Ceremony to farewell outgoing commander CPT Joshua Flatley and welcome incoming commander 1LT John Hiduchick-Nakayama.
The ceremony was...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Mr. Vaanatiu Tofala Iafeta, former manager of Radiology at LBJ Medical Center after being terminated in August 2023, has written to the LBJ Medical Center Chief Executive Officer Dr. Akapusi Ledua to follow up on his grievance and appeal request for what he alleges is “...