Togiola Tulafono News

Decolonization and the territory's political status, economic development and the federal Essential Air Service program are some of the issues discussed by Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga and Interior Department's Office of Insular Affairs executive director Nikolao Pula during a meeting held over the weekend in Honolulu.

As promised earlier in the year, Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga is moving to either sell or lease two ASG assets - the Fo'isia vessel and the Sega'ula aircraft.

Governor Lolo Matalasi Moliga has tasked Human Resources Director Le'i Sonny Thompson and ASG's Petroleum Officer, Sione Kava to travel to Tonga to find out about land given to the American Samoa government in the island kingdom, and they will be looking at the land size, logistics, requirements, permissible use, and other specifics, says ... (more)

Governors, Lolo Matalasi Moliga and DR SH Sarundajang last week, signed a memorandum of understanding between the American Samoa Government and the Provincial Government of North Sulawesi of the Republic of Indonesia.

The American Samoa National Olympic Committee is working on changes to its structure and operations that will be shared with the Lolo administration as part of the sports umbrella's goal to provide accountability and transparency, says ASNOC president Victor Langkilde.

Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga is leading a local delegation attending this year's annual Education Symposium held in Chicago where governors, policy makers, stakeholders and educators from across the country will be in attendance.

Among the goals of the newly established government task force to control the stray dog and "roaming animal" population is to license the dogs, and have them register with the Department of Agriculture.

Leilua Stevenson and Joseph Davis-Fleming signed their contracts as new LBJ-CFO and LBJ-CEO before the hospital board last Friday.

The Territorial Office of Fiscal Reform has raised concerns over its status as a government entity, especially since the executive order which created TOFR has since expired while it continues to work under the Treasury Department, according to TOFR's Second Quarter Performance Report for FY 2013.