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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Office of Program Planning and Budget director Catherine D. Saelua has amended the new fiscal year 2024 budget-call letter, to increase the employer contribution rate to the ASG Employees Retirement Fund to comply with the law enacted last year.
Approved by the Fono in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Governor Lemanu P. S. Mauga met with U.S. Army Pacific Commanding General Charles A. Flynn earlier this week to discuss American Samoa’s future plans on establishing itself as a hub for the U.S. in the Pacific region.
Governor Lemanu P. S. Mauga met with U.S. Army...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Just in time for Mother’s Day shopping and celebration, ASG Treasury announced yesterday the release today, Friday, May 12, of more than $3 million in tax refund checks for Batch #6.
ASG Acting Treasurer Levi Reese said in a brief statement that a total of 926 taxpayers...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Continuing our Teacher’s Appreciation Week feature profiling territorial teachers, Mrs. Agnes Atiulagi Silofau from the home of the mighty Warriors, Tafuna High school shares her story.
Mrs. Silofau hails from the village of Malaeloa Aitulagi. Born here in American Samoa...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man was arrested by Department of Public Safety officers on Sunday, May 7, 2023 for possession of methamphetamine (meth).
According to the court affidavit, on May 7, police headquarters contacted the Vice and Narcotics Unit concerning a possible drug case during a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa community was once again reminded of where it lives, where it’s located — in the Blue Nation, surrounded by an ocean that contains active volcanoes — when early yesterday morning a strong earthquake that occurred near Savai’i island in Samoa woke...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Territorial Audit Office has voiced concerns over the lack of segregation of duties, when it comes to payroll processing for the Health Department and urged the department to strengthen internal control over payroll processing functions.
This is one of the issues...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S. Department of Interior Office of Insular Areas last week convened the Territorial Climate Infrastructure Workshop 2.0 for the second year since the announcement of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) in 2021 and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) last year....
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is informing American Samoans of two bipartisan bills that passed the U.S. House of Representatives in Tuesday votes, each supporting various NOAA service and research areas that would include American Samoa.
“These bipartisan efforts strengthen...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — When the American Samoa community woke up to the ‘shake shake shake’ from an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.4 occurring about 176 miles southwest of Savaii island in Samoa around 5:02a.m. yesterday, Wednesday, May 10, many residents said they “were all...