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Malaepule vacates title and Senate seat

A new senator for Manu’a District #2, which includes Ofu, olosega and Sili is to be sworn in this morning and will serve the remainder of the term of former senator Malaepule Saite Moliga. The […]

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ASG finishes FY2024 with $3.8m shortfall in revenues

The American Samoa Government (ASG) ended Fiscal Year 2024 with $139.2 million in General Fund revenues, falling short of its $143 million budget by $3.8 million. This marked a steep decline from FY2023’s extraordinary $188.4 […]

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ASCC hosts site visit by ACCJC Vice President

An accredited status enables an institution to qualify for federal grants and contracts, to distribute federal financial aid to its students, and for students’ credits to be more easily transferred to other accredited institutions. In […]

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Research Study of NCDs among youth

Yale Ph.D. candidate and Leone High School graduate Mata’u Faiai is part of a vital research study aimed at preventing non-communicable diseases, or NCDs, among youth in American Samoa. The study focuses on high blood […]

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Joseph Nikolao, Sr. 1949-2024

By Johnny Victor Toma Joseph “Sefo” Nikolao was born on March 23,1949, in Moamoa, Samoa. He was raised in the village of Futiga, American Samoa. This was the first village where his parents, Nikolao Filipo […]

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