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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The US Energy Department has joined the growing list of federal agencies 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...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In the recently released US Territories Public Debt Outlook 2023 Update report — on the section pertaining to American Samoa, Gov. Lemanu P. S. Mauga responded to GAO’s findings, which is included in the report. It is the norm for GAO to request responses from governors...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A member of American Samoa Community College’s Class of 2023 who graduated with high honors and was awarded a McDonald’s scholarship, tells Samoa News about the financial struggles faced by international students.
Ualesi Mua, 22, a citizen of Samoa who is a legal...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Medicaid State Agency — referred to as ASG Medicaid Office — has been given federal approval that allows continued covering of COVID-19 testing, vaccine and treatment at the Health Department and LBJ Medical Center through 2024.
In a brief statement,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — For the seventh year in a row, the local non profit organization Finafinau and a team of seven attended the annual week long Native Youth Climate Adaptation Leadership Congress in Sheperdstown, West Virginia, June 24 - 30, 2023.
This year's team consisted of six members...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — July 1 of this year marked the beginning of American Samoa Community College (ASCC) President Dr. Rosevonne Makaiwi Pato’s three-year appointment as a Commission member with the Accreditation Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC), the entity which...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Western Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Council Executive Director Kitty Simonds is criticizing the contradiction between NOAA’s proposed sanctuary in the Pacific Remote Islands, which claims to preserve cultural influences, while simultaneously abolishing...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S Government Accountability Office (GAO) in its US Territories Public Debt Outlook — 2023 Update report, issued last week Thursday found that “American Samoa continues to have some financial management and reporting issues.”
While American Samoa has submitted its...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Due to lack of jurisdiction to investigate local government entities, the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will not be investigating the on-the-job fatality at the government owned shipyard at Satala.
The incident resulted in the death of 23-year-...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — With business opportunities in the pipeline, as the territory moves forward with diversifying its economy, Gov. Lemanu P. S. Mauga says that American Samoa is “now working towards formalizing a Public-Private framework” which would allow investment by the territory’s...