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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — It was exactly three months ago yesterday — June 27, 2023 when the three governors from the U.S. territories in the Pacific region wrote directly to the U.S. President Joseph R. Biden.
American Samoa Governor Lemanu P.S. Mauga, Guam Governor Lourdes Leon Guerrto and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Governor Lemanu P.S. Mauga welcomed the more than 20 overseas participants to the 195th Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council meeting yesterday, the first time it is being held in the territory since October 2019. On hand as well as the Council members is...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Falaniko Fetoa’i, who is an inmate at the Tafuna Correctional Facility (TCF) serving a sentence from a previous felony conviction, has been charged with one count of Escape from Confinement.
According to court documents, police were tipped off by an anonymous caller on...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — After more than two and half years of litigation, the federal court in Honolulu has dismissed a multi-million dollar environmental lawsuit brought by Alega residents against the remaining defendants from the territory: AST Telecomm LLC, dba, Bluesky Communications;...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa stands to receive $37,564,827.53 from U.S. Department of Commerce’s (USDOC) National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA). This “Internet for All” initiative is a key component of President Biden’s “Investing in America” agenda.
The...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Summer Youth Employment Program began this year with 1,000+ youth accepted into the program, according to the Director of the Department of Human Resources, Lynn Pulou-Alaimalo, during the orientation event held at the DWYA Gymnasium in Tafuna, yesterday, Monday,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Amid preparations to resume flights at the Fagalii airport on Tuesday, airlines flying the Apia–Pago route have increased their airfares. The Samoa Observer reported on the increase in its Monday edition. However, Talofa Airways in Pago has told Samoa News that they will...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Medicaid State Agency — referred to as the ASG Medicaid Office — “did not follow established [ASG] Payment processes” as well as “inadequate filing of payment supporting documents,” says one of the findings by the Territorial Audit Office (TAO)...
Former Prime Minister Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi shared a light moment with StarKist Samoa Plant Director/General Manager Injoo Ha during Tuilaepa’s brief visit with players and officials of the Manu Samoa Rugby Union to Starkist on Friday, June 23, 2023.
As chairman of the Lakapi Samoa (Samoa...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council has 10 of its members in American Samoa this week to hold meetings concerning various issues, including what concerns American Samoa the most these days — the development of a national marine sanctuary in the...