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
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Member of Cabinet Runs in Samoa Election
A member of Governor Lolo Moliga’s cabinet, Acting Director of the Department of Youth and Women Affairs, Pa’u Roy Ausage is running in Samoa’s general elections next April. According to the ...Read more
Dr Kate Riley No Longer Available for Vet Job
The Veterinarian Clinic at the Department of Agriculture remains open thanks to the generosity of individuals and organizations who’ve donated supplies to help Tanya Tarasawa and her volunteer ...Read more
National Security Adviser Announces ‘Fast Response’ Coast Guard Cutters for AS and Guam
President Trump’s National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien has announced the US will build and deploy to American Samoa and Guam ‘fast response’ Coast Guard cutters to counter malign ...Read more
Funding Source for Interim Budget Bill Questioned
The House has now passed in second reading the administration’s interim appropriations bill to avert a shutdown of ASG, while the Senate has decided to sleep on the bill again. Representatives ...Read more
334 Votes Cast Absentee, 199 by Stranded Voters
As of this morning 334 people have voted absentee for the offices of governor and lt governor, congressional delegate and American Samoa House of Representatives. Those who have voted by outside ...Read more
Local Resident Seeks Help from President Trump
A US Army veteran and candidate for the Tuala-uta seat in the House of Representatives, Su’a Lucia Bartley, has written to President Donald Trump requesting assistance to repatriate American ...Read more
Fono Reconvenes Monday to Discuss FY2021 Budget
Lawmakers are being called back to session next Monday to review the Fiscal Year 2021 budget. This follows a meeting yesterday between Governor Lolo Moliga, Senate President Gaoteote Palaie Tofau ...Read more
Second Medical Charter Approved
Governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga yesterday approved LBJ and Medicaid’s request for a second medical charter to transport LBJ approved referral patients to the US. The medical charter is a one-way ...Read more
Fono Remains “Undeterred” on the FY2021 Budget
It’s the 15th day of Fiscal Year 2021 and the American Samoa Government remains open while leaders of the executive branch and legislature remain far apart on a budget law. Yesterday the Senate ...Read more
