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Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata and expert witnesses together strongly emphasized the importance of the U.S. Pacific fishing fleet and American-produced tuna in a Tuesday hearing on countering the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in the Pacific Islands, as well as highlighting how...
Washington, D.C. — Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) announced that American Samoa received planning grants for deploying high-speed Internet service networks and developing digital skills training programs under the Biden-Harris...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Passing by, on your way to Forsgrens? These lovely DoH nurses were just outside, ready to administer MMR and flu shots to the public — just have your hospital number in mind, they’ll check and then certify that you have had your shots right there on site.
The certified...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Samoa Airways — owned by the Samoa government — is now including the Samoa airport departure tax of $65 Samoan tala, in the price of its airline tickets for travelers on the inter Samoa route from Apia to Pago Pago.
Privately owned carrier Apia-based Talofa Airways, is...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Luaao Wasko was named Nurse of the Year as nurses with 20- 50 years of service were recognized at the Nursing Service Awards ceremony held at the DDW Cafe in Utulei yesterday, Tuesday May 16, 2023, closing off National Nurses Week 2023. The theme this year was “Nurses...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The “Free Dog Spay & Neuter Project” at the Tafuna Veterinary Clinic and the villages of Fagatogo, Fagaitua and Leone, that kicked off yesterday and runs through May 20, was reportedly a successful first day.
This project sponsored by the animal welfare non-profit...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A former U.S. Department of the Army employee, who is of Samoan ancestry, had pled not guilty at a federal court in Nevada to the theft of over $800,000 worth of federal government property.
Tamilo Pale Fe’a, also known as “T” and is 60-years old of Sparks, Nevada, is...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Health Department’s controls relating to fixed assets “are insufficient and are functioning at marginal level.” So declared the Territorial Audit Office in its Performance Audit report of the more than $14 million in federal CARES Act funding awarded to DoH during...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A trainee program that serves to help individuals develop the skills and knowledge to work with people with disabilities is now being made available to individuals from American Samoa and CNMI
Running from June to December 2023, The Pacific Basin University Center for...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa is set to benefit from their new national digital payment platform, which will make it easier and quicker to transfer funds, including large volume for retail payments, helping accelerate growth of digital financial service offerings by financial institutions and drive...