American Samoa News

LBJ medical staff, personnel and supporters yesterday morning uniting with a Samoan hymn and then a prayer to end the day's gathering, which was supposed to be a peaceful march from Utulei Beach to the Executive Office Building to call the government's attention to the current financial plight faced by the hospital.

If one thing is clear over the years it is the fact that the very foundation of the American Samoa Government's financial direction is based on four pillars: Mismanagement, fraud, waste, and abuse.

Pictured are Emergency Medical Services instructors who went through 'Train the Trainers' Emergency Vehicle Operators Course, conducted by Graham Jamieson of the American Medical Training System, who conducts this type of training around the nation.

Several years ago, we engaged in a crusade to get signatures to stop the minimum wage increase.

Thank you for publishing the Historical Overview, Implications, and Recommendations relating to the American Samoa Health Care System.

The Pago Pago Game Fishing Association tournament committee met Tuesday at Sunny's Restaurant in Nu'uuli to review preparations and plans for the 13th Steinlager International I'a Lapo'a Tournament scheduled for May 7th to 12th.

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Pacific Stevedoring Services, a longshoring company based in Pago Pago, American Samoa, with five safety violations following the death of a worker at the StarKist wharf in Atu'u, American Samoa.

My regular readers have probably noticed that I have been on an extensive underwater photography binge in the last year.

The Close Up Program has been awarded an FY2012 grant in the amount of $1.05 million from the U.S. Department of Interior, Office of Insular Affairs Technical Assistance Fund, Cong.

Richard Davies wrote: The UK has a good crop of technology pioneers in cloud computing - for example ElasticHosts , FlexiScale, Flexiant, OnApp - and also some strong government initiatives such as G-Cloud . We will have to see whether this kind of technical leadership converts into swift mass-market adoption or not.

The period of 1961 to 1968 marked the modernization of Tutuila and Manu'a when Governor Rex Lee received Congressional and Presidential support and funding.

Aua residents Malama Aloe and Janice Fiso go through some of the health-promoting moves offered during an ASCC-CNR Children's Healthy Living presentation.

Odd Future 's Tyler, The Creator has revealed that the rap collective's new album 'OF Tape Vol 2' will be released on February 20.

As of 4 p.m. yesterday, satellite images showed an active monsoonal trough over the islands of American Samoa, and tropical cyclone Cyril located about 420 nautical miles south of Tutuila, according to the National Weather Service in Tafuna.

This infrared image was taken from the AIRS instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite, on February 7, 2012 at 12:29 UTC.

CONVENTIONAL WISDOM would say this: When two prospects from American Samoa are traveling to Washington State for an official recruiting visit it would be prudent to have them fly the leg from Seattle to Pullman.

Gov. Benigno R. Fitial signed into law a revenue-generating bill allowing the government to have access to dormant and inactive bank accounts and unclaimed funds for the account of the depositor.

The federal court in Washington D.C. granted a "protective order" barring Sanford Limited from making public financial information that Tri Marine International had voluntarily turned over to the U.S. Justice Department as part of the federal government's case against Sanford Limited.

During his radio program, Gov. Togiola Tulafono, on Saturday morning, gave listeners his views on two issues that have elicited much public comment - the LBJ fee hikes, and the StarKist cold storage facility land lease - while also attacking the Fono for playing politics with people's lives and the media for biased reporting on government issues.

Sen. Lualemaga Faoa has accused Gov. Togiola Tulafono of not upholding local laws over an incident that occurred last month, when the governor walked off the cruise ship Regatta, in port for its maiden voyage, after waiting in line for some time during security screening.