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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — To date the Director of the Search and Rescue, Faamasino Upuese Galoia remains mum on the predicament faced by the Emergency Medical Services that is still operating without a budget.
Earlier this month EMS Chief, Galumalemana Popo Avegalio spoke to Samoa News about the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Woolpert AEG has been awarded the $2.46 million contract to evaluate, plan and design a new airport terminal for Pago Pago International Airport.
This was confirmed by acting director of Port Administration, Falenaoti Loi-On Fruean in response to questions from Samoa...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Community Cancer Coalition (ASCCC) has been awarded a National Institute of Health AIM-AHEAD grant for $468,996.00.
AIM-AHEAD's goals are to establish partnerships to increase the participation and representation of researchers and communities that...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The owner of a rental unit in the Nu’uuli area who was charged and convicted of assaulting his tenants — a man and his son — was sentenced to 12 months probation last week in District Court.
Faletolu Tufuga was initially charged with second-degree assault, a class D...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — While there are laws in Samoa aimed at increasing women's participation and representation in government, Executive Director of the Office of Political Status, Constitutional Review, & Federal Relations Tapa’au Dan Aga says there are none in the Fono to his knowledge...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A bill establishing the Department of Corrections and transferring the responsibility of the Tafuna Correctional Facility and the Juvenile Detention Center from the Department of Public Safety was approved in final reading before the Senate yesterday.
(Samoa News points...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Chief Election Officer, Uiagalelei Lealofi has certified as “official” final results of the 2022 Midterm Election for the Delegate to the U.S House and local House of Representative races as well as the Referendum on Amendments to the Revised Constitution of American...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Two brothers convicted for knowingly receiving stolen property were sentenced last week.
Viliame and his younger brother Nathan Toia were ordered to serve a period of detention of 20 months, as a condition of their 5-year probation..
Viliame and Nathan have been in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S. Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has made $873,000 available in federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) funding, under the Ferry Boat Program, to ASG’s Department of Port Administration, according to the latest BIL fact-sheet for American Samoa released...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Senate President Tuaolo Manaia Fruean is expressing concerns over low voter turnout in the Midterm Election and questions if that had any bearing on the rejection of a majority of the Constitutional amendments in the referendum vote.
And he is suggesting re-submitting...