Recount Challenge from Rep Vesi Fautanu Jr.
The one challenge for a recount in the 2020 general elections related to the House of Representatives election in District #1 Manu’a -Ta’u, Faleasao and Fitiuta. Incumbent faipule Vesi Fautanu ...Read more
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Second Medical Flight Takes Off
HA920 arrived from Honolulu on time at 12:40 this afternoon for the medical charter to Honolulu but hopes for the return flight to depart on time did not eventuate because of various reasons. So ...Read more
Measure Requests Financial Help for Stranded Resident
On this last day of the 36th Legislature, the House of Representatives approved a House Concurrent Resolution requesting the governor to provide financial assistance for residents who are stranded ...Read more
Action Urged on Loss of Young Lives
Statements made in the House and Senate today called attention to the increasing number of young lives lost because of suicide. Rep Vesi Fautanu Jr and Senator Faamausili Mau Mau Jr said it ...Read more
No Medicaid Money for Another Charter
When asked at a House hearing yesterday if there’s Medicaid funding for another medical charter to take patients needing treatment off island, Medicaid Director Sandra King Young said they do ...Read more
Lawmakers Seek Answers for Stranded Residents
At the House of Representatives today: The Chairman of the House Health Committee Rep Vesi Fautanu Jr., in a quandary after hearing from ASG officials on why there’s been no repatriation flights ...Read more
Tu Faatasi Alliance Making Itself Heard
The group that’s lobbying for repatriation flights to bring home residents who are stranded in Hawaii and the US mainland, Tagata Tu Faatasi Alliance of American Samoa is flooding social media ...Read more
Rep Vesi Not Giving Up on Medical Charter
The Chairman of the House Health Committee Rep Vesi Fautanu Jr continued his push for a medical charter when lawmakers convened this morning after a two week break. He informed the Speaker and ...Read more
Request for Medical and Repatriation Flight Denied
Last week Rep Vesi Fautanu Jr sent a letter to Governor Lolo Moliga requesting a Medicaid charter and repatriation flight. The Manu’a faipule who’s Chairman of the House Health ...Read more
Cost of Medical Charter $250,000
The cost of the medical charter flight on Hawaiian Airlines last night was $250,000, according to Sandra King Young, Director of the American Samoa State Medicaid Office. She said for a first ...Read more
