Half of Transition Budget Reportedly Spent
In the FY2021 budget which was never enacted into law, $100,000 was allocated for transition costs which would include the inauguration of the new leaders. Information from government sources ...Read more
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Repatriation Flight Pushed Back 30 Days
The two topics on the agenda of the Coronavirus Task Force on Friday were the vaccine Distribution Plan and Repatriation Plan. Reporting on the meeting, Chairman Iulogologo Joseph Pereira said ...Read more
Pilot Sleeps in Plane During Overnight Stopover
You may have heard a small plane buzzing overhead around the airport vicinity last night. That was an Aztec twin engine plane which was being ferried from Australia to Hawaii. It overnighted at ...Read more
Will Next First Lady Be Here for Inauguration?
Among the estimated 600 people stranded off island because of the suspension of flights to prevent the entry of the coronavirus into the territory, is the wife of Governor-elect Lemanu Peleti ...Read more
Vessels Coming Through Apia Still Allowed
Governor Lolo Moliga has suspended all flights to and from Samoa as well as the sailings of the Samoa Government vessel Lady Naomi. This is in response to the announcement from Samoa today about a ...Read more
CTF Vets Revised Repatriation Plan
The Coronavirus Task Force met today to vet the Revised Repatriation Plan prepared by the Department of Health. The Chairman of the Task Force Iulogologo Joseph Pereira says they are scheduling a ...Read more
CTF Recommends 7-Day Wait for Fesco Askold
A recommendation by the Coronavirus Task Force to have the container ship Fesco Askold anchor outside the harbor for a minimum of seven days has been approved by Governor Lolo Moliga. The Task ...Read more
Pula: Repatriation Could Happen Sooner
Interior’s Office of Insular Affairs Director Nikolao Pula now says repatriation of hundreds of American Samoans stranded in the states could start even before a December ban on flights expires. ...Read more
OIA’s Pula Vows to “Make It Work”
Director of the Office of Insular Affairs, Department of Interior, Nikolao Pula, says he will continue to work with ASG and the Tagata Tutu Faatasi Alliance of American Samoa to make plans for ...Read more
Candidates Comment on Repatriation Plans
The American Samoa Chamber of Commerce Congressional Forum with the three women running for American Samoa’s seat in Congress was a subdued and polite affair. Only chamber members attended the ...Read more
