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Apia, SAMOA — Samoa's Police Commissioner Auapa'au Logoitino Filipo is confident that a new bilateral agreement forged with law enforcement in American Samoa will help identify how drugs are imported into Samoa.
Auapa'au confirmed that the ministry does not have any new leads in identifying the...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata, Vice Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, is welcoming the appointment of Air Force Veteran Fa’alagiga Nina Tuā’au-Glaudé to her new position advising the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on behalf of local and Pacific region...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Ava ceremony conducted by the American Samoa Community College Samoan Studies Institute Students Association to welcome delegates from the US, who are here for a Mental Health Summit this week.
The ceremony's Folafola Ava — Ava Announcer was a female student making...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As we head towards the end of the year with the holiday season looming, the Lemanu-Talauega Administration is continuing this year the Christmas gift presentation to elder citizens of the territory during the annual Territorial Administration on Aging (TAOA) Christmas...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A federal government report identifies American Samoa and Fiji, as the two Pacific Islands economies with potential to increase exports by outsourcing services to the United States through business process outsourcing (BPO) and knowledge process outsourcing (KPO).
“Fiji...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Department of the Interior funded grant management workshop was well attended drawing 140 direct recipients and sub-recipients registering for the one day in-person new grantee course at the ASCC Multipurpose Center on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023.
The Graduate School USA,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As of Sept. 29 this year, 289 new businesses in American Samoa were registered out of 3,548 existing ones, according data in the National Entrepreneurship Month of November proclamation issued yesterday by acting governor, Talauega E. V. Ale, who called on the community...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa currently ranks 12th in the world for the highest prevalence of diabetes cases per capita. This was revealed during a church service recognizing November as National Diabetes Awareness Month, organized by the LBJ Diabetes Program and the Church of Jesus...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The 47th U.S. Coral Reef Task Force Business Meeting convened on October 26, 2023, at the Westin Beach Resort & Spa at Frenchman's Reef on St. Thomas, VI where Pacific Territories White House Director for Intergovernmental Affairs Gretchen Sierra-Zorita announced her...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Government has been awarded $116,850 from the Office of Insular Affairs, as a part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding for Regional Biosecurity Training Support.
The grant, which has been designated for Regional Biosecurity Training Support,...