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STATE OF THE TERRITORY ADDRESS
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Governor Pulaalii Nikolao Pula delivered the State of the Territory Address on Monday, Jan. 12, 2026, when the 39th Legislature of American Samoa convened its Third Regular Session at the Gov. H. Rex Lee Auditorium. Following the Governor’s address, Senate President...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Governor Pulaalii Nikolao Pula painted a grim picture of the American Samoa Government's finances in his first State of the Territory address. This speech marked the official opening of the First Regular Session of the 39th Legislature, held yesterday morning at the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The accomplishments of the Lemanu and La’apui Administration in the last four years were highlighted in the governor’s State of the Territory Speech during the official opening of the Fourth Regular Session of the 38th Legislature of American Samoa, yesterday morning at...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In the State of the Territory Comprehensive Report 2024, the financial outlook for American Samoa highlights the collective work the Lemanu-Talauega Administration has done “to support the government and people of our Territory,” it states.
In review, at times the work...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov. Lemanu P.S. Mauga delivered his 2024 State of the Territory Address Monday morning before the Fono as they convened for the third regular session of the 38th Legislature, at the Gov. H. Rex Lee Auditorium, as per protocol. As has been his usual — he delivered his ...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Among the Lemanu-Talauega Administration’s priorities in “Our Path Forward” in 2023, is working with the Legislature in “enacting legislation to address issues with federal grant fund awards, minimize hazards that threaten our environment, amend our tax code to better...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Based on unaudited financial statements, Gov Lemanu P. S. Mauga told lawmakers that the American Samoa Government is forecasting a surplus in local revenue for fiscal year 2022 — which ended on Sept. 30, 2022.
Additionally, ASG collected more local revenue, as compared...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Lawmakers are convening today, Monday, in a joint session to open the First Regular Session of the 38th Legislature at Gov. Rex Lee Auditorium, with Gov. Lemanu P.S. Mauga set to deliver his State of the Territory Address.
The joint session is scheduled to begin at 10a.m...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Reserving front row seats on sixty-one aiga buses for residents with special needs, including senior citizens along with day care centers operating 24-hours a day, are two of the new programs that Gov. Lemanu Peleti Palepoi Sialega Mauga shared with lawmakers during his...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In his State of the Territory Address yesterday, Gov. Lemanu Peleti Mauga told a joint session of the Fono that preliminary unaudited financial figures for fiscal year 2021 show a surplus of between $8 million to $9 million.
Lemanu, who delivered his 15-minute address in...

![Government leaders are escorted to their seats at the opening of the 39th Legislature on Monday, Jan. 12, 2026 that took place at the Gov. H. Rex Lee Auditorium. During the event, Governor Pulaalii Nikolao Pula delivered the State of the Territory Address, and Senate President Tuaolo Manaia Fruean, on behalf of the Fono, responded. [ASG photo] GOVT LEADERS](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/govt_leaders.jpg?itok=hshEHolr)
![Governor Pulaalii Nikolao Pula delivering his State of the Territory address at the official opening First Regular Session of the 39th Legislature at the Governor H. Rex Lee Auditorium on Monday morning. [photo: Asi A. Fa'asau] Governor Pulaalii Nikolao Pula](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/0672.jpg?itok=5fgKex1b)
![Governor Lemanu P.S Mauga delivering his State of the Territory speech during the official opening of the Fourth Regular Session of the 38th Legislature of American Samoa at the Governor H. Rex Lee Auditorium yesterday morning. (sitting l-r) Senate President Tuaolo Manaia Fruean, Speaker Savali Talavou Ale, Lt. Governor La'apui E.V. Ale. [photo: Asi A. Faásau] Governor Lemanu P.S Mauga delivering his State of the Territory speech](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/2026.jpg.jpg?itok=SR3NzRt0)

![Gov. Lemanu P.S. Mauga flanked by Senate President Tuaolo M. Fruean, Speaker of the House Savali Talavou Ale, and Chief Justice F. Michael Kruse at the opening of the 3rd Regular Session of the 38th Legislature, yesterday, where according to local statute, the governor presented his State of the Territory Address. [ASG photo] GOVERNOR AND OTHERS AT STATE OF THE TERRITORY](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/state_of_territory.jpg?itok=oRVDd5J8)

![Gov. Lemanu P. S Mauga (second from left) smiles, as he converses with Chief Justice Michael Kruse before the opening of the 38th Legislature in a joint session held at Gov. H. Rex Lee Auditorium. Also pictured are Senate President Tuaolo Manaia Fruean (far left) and House Speaker Savali Talavou Ale (far right). [photo: Julie Pau’u] Gov. Lemanu with Senate President Tuaolo Manaia Fruean and House Speaker Savali Talavou Ale](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/lemanu_fono_opening_2023_img_5203.jpg?itok=ZVTHwShB)
![This ASG photo taken this morning shows the inside of the Gov. Rex Lee Auditorium, as cabinet members, along with several lawmakers are seated as they await the start at 10a.m. of the joint Fono session to open the 38th Legislature, where the governor will deliver his State of the Territory Address. [photo: ASG Facebook] Opening of 38th Legislature](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/fono_joint_session_web.jpg?itok=yORnA4Nk)
![Human Resources director Lynn Pulou-Alaimalo speaking at last Friday’s cabinet meeting at the ASCC Multi Purpose Center, updating Executive Branch employees vaccination report and other issues. Of note is the upcoming protocols that will be in place for unvaccinated Executive Branch employees, who will be placed on leave as the first step towards possible termination if the issue is unable to be resolved. [photo: Gov’s Office] Human Resources director Lynn Pulou-Alaimalo](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/dhr_director.jpg?itok=HLfIPN9Y)
