new fono building
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Virtual Tour of the new Fono Building in Fagatogo, American Samoa.
A total of $11 million of the 2021A bonds will fund the furniture, fixtures and equipment for the Fono building along with minor adjustments for additional meeting space and offices along with new office...
O se va’aiga lea pe a tuana’i timuga i nei ituaiga o galuega. O le isi lea mea e afua ai ona tuai mae’a galuega ona o le fa’auilavea o timuga ma fa’afaigata ai ona fa’agasolo vave le galuega e tusa o aso na atofa. O le galuega o le fale fou i Fagatogo o le Fono Faitulafono. O le galuega fa’afoeina...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The status of the construction of the new Fono building in Fagatogo yesterday, with Paramount Construction crew on the platform carrying out their work. The building — which meets federal flooding zone requirements is expected to be completed in December 2022 — based on...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — It was revealed during a Senate Government Operations Committee hearing last Friday where the director of the Department of Public Works (DPW) and the owner of Paramount Builders, the winning bidder for the construction project, testified that the current total cost for...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — At Thursday’s Senate session, the issue of the new Fono building was raised by Sen. Utu Sila Poasa, who noted that the Senate Government Operations Committee, chaired by Sen. Togiola T.A. Tulafono had recently sent a request for information to Department of Public Works...
Following heavy rain in the wee hours of yesterday morning a large pool of muddy water is seen later in the day at the site of the proposed new Fono building. Seen above the water are some of the steel piles that would elevate the building to meet federal requirements for a flood zone area. “Right...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Head of Public Works' architectural/engineering division, Joe Pereira and Public Works director Faleosina Voigt testified yesterday before the Senate Public Works Committee on the status of the new two-story Fono building construction, which has been on hold since last...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa has suggested to the US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) the Department of Port Administration’s planned “Bulkhead Project” is a buffer to reduce the risk of wave surges to the new Fono building.
This was cited in Lt. Gov. Lemanu Palepoi Sialega...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Region IX Administrator, Robert Fenton is open and willing to work with the American Samoa Government to “fashion mutually beneficial solutions” regarding the proposed new two-story multi-million-dollar Fono building.
However...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — To address issues of concern raised by the US Federal Emergency Management Agency over the construction of the new Fono building, Gov. Lolo Matalasi plans to form a task force that will recommend changes to “local regulations that will align more closely with federal...