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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — People with minor to serious wounds can lead to unnecessary amputation if not cared for and treated professionally.
That is Ms Nancy Morgan’s main mission in American Samoa — to create the first American level Wound Care Clinic & Wellness Center south of the equator...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Government Treasurer and Budget Director’s lack of detailed knowledge of most of the projects funded by the more than $15 million earmarked for the Governor’s Office in the $22 million supplemental bill submitted to the Fono on Monday, further exasperated Senate...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Fagatogo police station received a walk-in complaint in regards to the assault of a minor on September 17, 2023 at 12:37 PM. The victim, accompanied by a trusted adult, went to police headquarters, and spoke to the Criminal Investigation Division on what happened, and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Senate in their regular session Monday morning passed in the third and final reading, the bill that will “allow the Director of the Department of Port Administration to designate employees with restricted authority for arrest as security officers upon completion of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samoa News previously reported on the 15 individuals that were apprehended in Pago Pago by the Vice and Narcotics Unit and Criminal Investigations Division during a recent drug bust, when a search warrant was executed on the residence of Monte Carlo Ieremia.
During the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Tafuna Correctional Facility (TCF) Warden, Papalii Marion Fitisemanu admitted to members of the House of Representatives, that TCF was at fault.
Papalii was referring to the suicide that happened at the Tafuna Correctional Facility September 7, 2023 when a young...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — While Gov. Lemanu P. S. Mauga and the ASG contingent are in Hawaii, depending on the availability of Governor Green, they are planning to officially present American Samoa’s fundraising efforts for Maui, according to Loa Tauapai Laupola, the Governor’s Chief of Staff.
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As Senate President Tuaolo Manaia Fruean had predicted last week, two supplemental appropriation bills were introduced on Monday in the Senate regular session.
Apart from the $36 million surplus for Fiscal Year 2023 which Tuaolo informed Senate members had already been...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Legislature’s FY 2024 Budget and Appropriations Committee has received more information from the ARPA Oversight Office.
ARPA personnel were called to a hearing before the Committee on August 24, 2023.
However during their testimony then, regarding the State and Local...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Senate in its regular session last Thursday amended and passed in the final reading, its bill to raise the cap on local investments by the American Samoa Government Employees Retirement Fund (ASGERF).
The original bill called for the removal of the 17% for local...