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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As expected, the American Samoa Power Authority issued a “Fuel Surcharge Notification” yesterday confirming the increase in the cost of electricity as the price of oil hiked globally, prompting the spike in the local maximum allowable price (MAP) or wholesale price, of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — LBJ Hospital’s CEO Dr. Akapusi Ledua apologized to the Senate and House Joint Budget Hearing for the late submission of their budget last week.
However, the same LBJ team from last week — Chairman of the LBJ Board, Dr. Malouamaua Tuiolosega, LBJ CEO Dr. Ledua and CFO...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu P. S. Mauga has called for the support of federal partners — to among other things — increase funding and provided much-required technical support for American Samoa, which has so far been awarded some $1.3 billion in COVID-19 funding, as of May this year....
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa says the Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) is focused on how they will approach the next seven years to achieve the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals.
Addressing the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Department of Health- Behavior Health Services along with the Department of Human Resources are hosting at least 1000 government workers each day for this week’s Suicide Awareness Training Program at the Governor H. Rex Lee Auditorium in Utulei, Monday through Friday...
Washington, D.C. — Uifa’atali Amata took part in a hearing Tuesday in the House Natural Resources Committee’s Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations that examined U.S. waters and the marine sanctuary and monument. The hearing was titled, “Examining Barriers to Access in Federal Waters: A...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Senate Government Operations Committee yesterday convened as a committee of the whole to discuss any proposed changes to the Senate Joint Resolution which would give individuals who have lived in American Samoa for more than 20 years, the opportunity to have a stay...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Two weeks ago the community was aghast at the news of the death of a woman, a mother, at the hands of her husband in a domestic violence incident. Samoa News reported the incident, at the time, from the point of view of a fellow church member, who spoke of her friend...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Department of Legal Affairs, along with the director of the department’s Consumer Protection Bureau announced in a Notice of Intended Action, adding to the American Samoa Administrative Code current laws pertaining to the “Reconditioning of Products” that enter the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Officers on patrol in front of CBT in Nu’uuli stopped an individual riding a bike, on Sept 2, 2023 at 2:45 PM, and discovered drugs inside a fanny pack that was on his person. The individual arrested was identified as Mark Tafua, who officers discovered had an active...