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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a Sept. 8 memorandum, Gov. Lemanu P.S Mauga called on cabinet members for their full support and participation in the Pacific Remote Islands Area (PRIA) national marine sanctuary designation workshop to “defend our local economy”.
According to the governor, the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The two Stanford University students — Brandy Atuatasi and Ari Patu — who played a huge role in assuring the Samoan language is being taught at the Palo Alto, California University — are now seeing the fruit of their labors.
(Read story about the beginning of their...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A NOAA workshop on the proposed national marine sanctuary is being held over the next two days, starting today, and ending on Wednesday, Sept.13. ASG is co-hosting the workshop with the NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries.
The sanctuary proposal is concerning due...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Raising an orphaned litter of puppies can be a time consuming exercise but one that is associated with many rewards. Puppies may be orphaned for many reasons such as rejection by their mother, failure of milk production and, rarely, the death of their mother.
Newborn...
Washington, D.C. — Uifa’atali Amata has returned to Washington, D.C., as the congressional session resumes this week with the biggest legislation of the year on the agenda for this month.
Congress must rapidly determine the best way forward for government-wide funding, with possible passage of...
Wespac scientists to advise Fishery Management Council on Am Samoa bottomfish and proposed Sanctuary
Honolulu, HAWAII — Scientific advisors to the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council are meeting Sept. 12-14, 2023, to provide advice and comments on American Samoa bottomfish stocks, the proposed Pacific Remote Islands (PRI) sanctuary, U.S. territorial bigeye tuna catch and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The FY 2024 budget for the American Samoa’s OFY 2020, 2021, and 2022 never completed (OPM) will not be decided unless the Director, Poleen Asalele provides a completed Inventory Report for FY 2020, 2021 and 2022.
The lack of completed inventory reports came to light when...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A Senate Joint Resolution introduced on Wednesday calls for a constitutional amendment on the qualifications of electors, which will give individuals who have lived in American Samoa for more than 20 years a say in how the government is run by giving them the opportunity...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a June 15 letter this year, Chief Justice Michael Kruse brought to the governor’s attention, what he describes as a “brewing constitutional crisis within the Executive Branch brought on by the current state of affairs of the Office of the Public Defender (OPD)”.
This...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — House Vice Speaker Fetu Fetui Jr. didn’t mince words when questioning the Public Defenders Office team that appeared before the Senate and House Joint Budget hearings for the FY 2024.
The Public Defender (PD) David Vargas showed up as scheduled on Thursday, August 31,...