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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In a brief statement yesterday, ASG Treasurer Malemo Tausaga announced that the fourth batch of tax refunds — more than $900,000 — is scheduled for release today, Friday, Mar. 19th for taxpayers, who filed between Jan. 29 and Feb. 1st.
Tax filers with mailing addresses...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — After defending his stance that his position as head of the Department of Human and Social Services (DHSS) and serving as the Director for the Center for Families of Individuals with Developmental Disabilities” (CFIDD) is not a conflict of interest, Muavaefaatasi John...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The US Interior Department’s Office of Inspector General (DOI-OIG) is questioning spending totaling $23,080 designating it as ineligible and an additional $3,167 as unsupported following an audit of expenses claimed by the ASG Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 55-year-old woman from Samoa accused of assaulting a 76-year-old woman was arrested by police last week.
Fiatamali’i Solomona made her initial appearance in District Court last week.
She is charged with one count of abuse of an elderly or disable adult involving...
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee on the need for additional support for American Samoa’s Medicaid program and modernization of LBJ Tropical Medical Center. Amata is an original cosponsor of the Insular Areas Medicaid Parity...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — As of Tuesday this week, the Veterinary Clinic has been transferred from the Agriculture Department to the Health Department, according to Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga’s memorandum dated Mar. 16th.
“Effective immediately,” the governor said the clinic,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Lessons learned from the second repatriation flight and preparations for the third repatriation in April were the main topics of discussion during the meeting of the COVID-19 Task Force on Monday, Mar. 15, 2021, at the Department of Homeland Security (EOC) in Tafuna,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Department of Health’s medical staff is at the Gov. H. Rex Lee Auditorium, where DoH has started another round of COVID-19 vaccinations for three-days this week — Monday, Mar. 15, today, Wednesday, Mar. 17th and Friday, Mar. 19th from 8a.m. to 3p.m.
In a health...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The American Samoa Government (ASG) is paying over $80,000 every month to families in Tutuila and Manu’a for land leases to ASG for government purposes, according to a report distributed in the House Chamber last week during the House Government Operation Committee...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — At last week’s cabinet meeting, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga gave directors an April timeline to begin planning for the 2022 Budget submission and a strategic “spending plan” for all grant and COVID funding.
He and Lt. Gov. Talauega Eleasalo Va’alele Ale also discussed the...