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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Health Department’s new clinic on Ofu island, serving residents of Ofu and Olosega islands, is set to break ground within the next four to six months, says Health director Motusa Tuileama Nua, during a Senate Hospital/Public Health Committee hearing last Friday....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — One of the on-going projects from fiscal year 2022 for the ASG’s Criminal Justice Planning Agency (CJPA) is financial aid to non-profit organizations in American Samoa impacted by COVID-19 in order to sustain and advance necessary services and programs to direct...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Swains Island faipule Su’a Alex Jennings called for a hearing in the House last week to ensure that a Resolution is submitted to the Department of Interior (DOI) in support of the constitutional amendments approved in this past November’s election that are now before the...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata will serve on two House Committees for the 118th Congress — the Foreign Affairs Committee and the Natural Resources Committee.
This will be Congresswoman Amata’s first stint on the Foreign Affairs Committee, marking a change for her fifth term in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — After serving ASG earlier with a “Notice of Violation” over unauthorized activities in the Tula shoreline area, now the U.S Army Corps of Engineers has launched an investigation into Paramount Builders, Inc. over alleged activities performed in Amaile Stream in Nu’uuli...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — LBJ Medical Center board chairman Dr. Malouamaua Tuiolosega has told senators that he does not support building a new hospital, and prefers that funds allocated for this project to be used to upgrade the current medical center.
Dr. Tuiolosega made the public revelation...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Government is moving to ban the use of polystyrene foam — commonly called Styrofoam (which is actually a brand name) — in the territory.
The bill was introduced in both the House and Senate last week.
“The polystyrene foam is used to make plates,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — To comply with federal requirements where federal funds awarded to American Samoa are required to be deposited in a federally insured financial institution, the Lemanu-Talauega Administration is proposing to amend local law, pertaining to government deposits currently...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Chairman of the Congressional Western Caucus, Dan Newhouse (WA-04) has named the Congressional Western Caucus Executive Committee Members for the 118th Congress with Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata as a Vice Chair on the Executive Committee and part of the leadership team of the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Rev. Mataio Failauga who has pastored the Congregational Christian Church of American Samoa (CCCAS) in Fagamalo since 2018 — was unanimously confirmed as a member of the American Samoa Student Financial Aid board during Tuesday’s Senate session. His confirmation hearing...