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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Port Administration of American Samoa (PAAS) has finalized the execution plan for the American Samoa Seaports Master Plan, establishing an 8-task analytical framework alongside dedicated inter-island and federal agency alignment initiatives. Developed in partnership...
Washington, D.C. — Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming notice from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) of a $250,586 award to the American Samoa Department of Health (ASDOH) through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The discretionary federal funding is provided...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is welcoming House passage by voice vote of the Senate companion to a bill she cosponsored in the House for better science-based U.S. fishing safeguards. This amended bill includes much of the original House bill, and it has been returned to the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Questions about who controls spending decisions at the American Samoa Telecommunications Authority (ASTCA) took center stage Wednesday as the Senate Government Operations Committee continued its investigation into ASTCA's involvement in the A250 celebrations.
The hearing...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Government (ASG), through the Deep Ocean Sustainability Initiative, today announced the launch of a comprehensive new public education website designed to become a premier source of information on deep-sea minerals for American Samoa, the wider Pacific...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Fagasa bid farewell to the Fealofani Samoa III as she was prepared to be put aboard the MV Fotu O Samoa II for her journey to her new home in Siumu, Upolu, Samoa. It is Siumu’s very first faustasi (longboat) and was bought for an unknown amount by the Samoa District....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Swains Island Representative Su'a Alex Eli Jennings has introduced legislation aimed at turning American Samoa's existing deep-sea mining moratorium into permanent territorial law, strengthening protections for the territory's marine environment and natural resources....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Questions about how American Samoa's Opioid Settlement funds are being managed emerged during last Friday's review of the Fiscal Year 2027 Special Programs budget, as lawmakers sought greater transparency on millions of dollars received through a nationwide settlement...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In an atypical case of forgery in American Samoa, two local men have been arrested and charged after they printed out checks, using an online application that included entering a TBAS account information, using the name of the American Samoa Telecommunication Authority (...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata and Congressman John Garamendi, who serve as bipartisan Co-Chairmen of the Congressional Peace Corps Caucus, introduced a bipartisan concurrent resolution to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the establishment of the United States Peace Corps....