AMERICA SAMOA

This Jan. 2017 file photo shows the area where the deadly accident took place on Saturday morning around noontime, Jan. 14, 2017. Yellow police tape encloses the area, with a fire truck and firefighters stationed on site as a precautionary measure. [SN file photo]

OSHA: Manu’a’s Store electrocution incident — case still open

Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The local company alleged to have been contracted for crane service for a project at Manu’a’s Store at the Tafuna Industrial Park, where three men were electrocuted and died early last year, has contested the proposed fines of more than $17,000 imposed by the US...

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A look at the American Red Cross welcome kit received by a family in Tualauta who also last Friday had a temporary shelter - or tent - installed at the family compound. The tent was provided by the US Federal Emergency Management Agency and the welcome kit, according to the ASG Emergency Operations Center (EOC), will help make the tents livable. The welcome kit, includes a cooler, clean up kit, mini-first aid kit, gloves, smaller tarp, and small portable stove with canisters for gas. “Family homes must hav

Police called to bring peace at one Am Red Cross distribution point

Pago Pago, AMERICA SAMOA — More people are complaining that their homes, which have been damaged or destroyed by Tropical Storm Gita, have yet to be assessed by the government, causing some to lash out at American Red Cross workers, who were on hand over the weekend, as they began to distribute...

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