Congresswoman Signs VA PREVENTS Pledge
Congresswoman Aumua Amata highlighted the PREVENTS pledge to reach out to Veterans as part of the national initiative to prevent Veterans’ suicides. “National Suicide Prevention Month has ...Read more
Congresswoman Aumua Amata highlighted the PREVENTS pledge to reach out to Veterans as part of the national initiative to prevent Veterans’ suicides. “National Suicide Prevention Month has ...Read more
The Emergency Operations Center has raised concerns regarding the COVID-19 protocols used with two travelers that arrived on the Samoa Airways flight from Samoa last Friday. And KHJ News ...Read more
The Department of Veteran Affairs needs to work hand in hand with the Department of Interior if a hospital for veterans is to be built. Otherwise the local Office of Veteran Affairs can only ...Read more
Today, Congresswoman Aumua Amata, who serves on the Veterans Affairs Committee, welcomed the signing into law of the Veterans Appeals Improvement and Modernization Act of 2017 (H.R. 2288), which ...Read more
Manu’a faipule Vesi Fautanu Jr. has experienced first hand the struggles of local veterans needing medical check ups and treatment off island. The second term lawmaker has been off island since ...Read more
The majority of police officers have not been trained to handle defendants with mental illnesses. The Head of the Criminal Investigation Bureau of the Department of Public Safety, Captain Pou ...Read more
Wreaths were laid at sea, the Satala cemetery and the Veterans Monument in Tafuna yesterday in remembrance of men and women of the various branches of the US Armed Forces who died in the line of ...Read more
The sacrifices of men and women in uniform will be remembered and honored at government services on Monday. The first wreatrh laying takes place at the Veterans Monument in Tafuna at 6am. Then ...Read more
The VA’s misuse of Employee Settlement Agreements was the main topic of a House Veterans Affairs Committee oversight hearing on Capitol Hill Wednesday morning. Congresswoman Aumua Amata, a ...Read more
Congresswoman Aumua Amata, and the House Veterans Affairs Committee conducted a hearing Thursday, to examine the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) efforts to reduce suicide among veterans. The ...Read more