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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov Lemanu Peleti Mauga signed into law the Samoan Language Commission Bill on April 5, 2022. This law will establish a Samoan Language Commission in American Samoa, establish both Samoan and English as the official languages in the Territory; and will amend the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Faipule support the idea that there should be more funds allocated to fund and support the nursing program at the American Samoa Community College (ASCC). They believe that this is the only solution to the problem of not enough nurses serving at the LBJ Tropical Medical...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A male individual was arrested by police last month for assaulting his male cousin at his cousin’s house during a verbal altercation. However, during his arrest, cops discovered drugs in his possession.
Alapati Wayne made his initial appearance in court last month via...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “There are not enough government employees to go out and manage and regulate every single business, every single funeral [service] on this island,” said Lt. Gov. Talauega Eleasalo Ale, during Monday’s news conference.
“So we will set the requirements, set the rules and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Commerce Department has budgeted $2 million for the Cash Assistance Program (CAP), to provide relief to non-essential businesses impacted by COVID-19 restrictions declared under the current COVID-19 Emergency Declaration, according to DOC documents submitted to ASG’s...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man was arrested and now being charged for assaulting a woman while holding a machete in his hand.
The defendant, Siaosi Laulu made his initial appearance in Court in February of this year.
Laulu is charged with two counts of 2nd-degree assault, both class D felonies,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Alliance Against Domestic & Sexual Violence (also known as the Alliance), held a virtual reading and signing this past Friday, April 1, proclaiming the month of April as Sexual Assault Awareness & Prevention Month, where Gov. Lemanu Peleti...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S. Department of the Interior, Office of Insular Affairs (OIA), congratulates the twenty-three new Pacific Islands graduates who successfully completed the Executive Leadership Development Program (ELDP) and participated in a commencement ceremony on Thursday,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA —
In a press release issued Thursday, the American Samoa Medicaid State Agency said the agency is encouraged and hopeful that the Kapiolani Children’s Hospital is slowly opening up a pathway for the Medicaid program to refer children’s cases to Honolulu.
This comes after...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Former Manu’a #1 faipule and current Department of Health deputy director, Vesi Talalelei Fautanu Jr assured the current Manu’a #1 Faipule Alumamalu Filoiali’i Ale that he will not run in the upcoming election, instead, he along with his family will fully support the...