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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — It's now recorded in the History of American Samoa, his lifetime appointment being sealed and approved on the morning of Tuesday, June 21, 2023 as the Western District Governor — Fai'ivae Iuli Godinet.
His swearing-in ceremony was held at the “Afioga Tufele Li’amatua Sr...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Before the start of the Father’s Day weekend and Juneteenth holiday, American Samoa’s Department of Homeland Security released a special bulletin on Friday, June 16, 2023 “calling upon the members of the general public to remain vigilant and report any sightings of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S Department of Interior (USDOI) is proposing a “temporary general applicability public interest waiver” of the requirements of the federal Build America, Buy America Act (BABA) for federal financial assistance awarded for infrastructure projects in the U.S...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Economic Development Council (ASEDC) – a privately owned business in American Samoa — has received a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) from the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA).
ASEDC chairperson, John Wasko, explains that the UEI is the gateway...
Dunedin, NEW ZEALAND — A genetic variant commonly found in Māori and Pacific people could help to boost the amount of a “good” form of cholesterol, University of Otago researchers have revealed.
Their study, published in the journal HGG Advances, represents another significant genetic discovery...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it” was the theme that the Nuuuli Vocational Technical High School graduating class of 2023 chose for their commencement ceremony where 55 Wildcats walked down the aisle as they completed this part of their...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In accordance with Samoan customs, traditional leaders and chiefs of Fofo County selected High Talking Chief (HTC) Olo Uluao Letuli as their new senator, filling the senatorial seat left vacant after former Sen. Fai’ivae Iuli Godinet stepped down last month to take up...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Etuale Manusamoa Tuilagi, affectionately known as Manu Tuilagi, who is a rugby union player for the Sale Sharks and has played internationally for England and the British & Irish Lions, paid a visit to the Hope House Residential Care Facility in Fatu-O-Aiga and made...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Territorial Audit Office (TAO) Performance Audit of the American Samoa Medicaid State Agency found that the Agency “has not documented transfers of cell phones and laptops to other ASG departments” and recommends the need to “better document and justify” transfers of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Father’s Day on Sunday, and the Juneteenth holiday this Monday, adds up to a three-day weekend in the territory. And making it more festive is the 2023 graduation season over the last two weeks with Tafuna High School’s commencement excise today — the last in line of the...