December 2019
To'a 8 manunu’a ta'avale lavea i Faganeanea
Ona o le saoasaoa tele o le Pikiapu na molimaina e le to’atele le ta’avalevale i Faganeanea, ua mafua ai ona lavea lea ta’avale.
Strict monitoring of territorial waters due to measles outbreak in effect
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Port Administration is taking the lead, working with three other ASG departments, in patrolling the 50-mile zonewithin territorial w
Man, 45, sentenced for sexually abusing girlfriend’s 11-yr-old daughter
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 45-year-old man from Samoa was sentenced yesterday morning for sexually abusing his girlfriend’s 11-year-old daughter.
Samoa measles death toll rises to 71 — 19 cases now confirmed in Fiji
Apia, SAMOA — Another person has died from measles in Samoa, taking the death toll from the outbreak to 71.
Samoa's Ministry of Health said the death occured within the last 24 hours.
Cabinet Update: Babysitters, federal help, and returning NZ Medicaid patients…
![[l-r] Dr. Aifili John Tufa, Papali’i Marion Fitisemanu, Farah Utu, and Dr. Saipale Fuimaono](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/doh_officials_3710_0.jpg?itok=-c7soNrO "Health Department senior officials [l-r] Dr. Aifili John Tufa, Papali’i Marion Fitisemanu, Farah Utu, and Dr. Saipale Fuimaono after the department’s measles presentation update during the Dec. 2nd cabinet meeting, where health officials declared that the best protection against measles is immunization. Over the weekend, Gov. Lolo Matalasi Moliga made a “Declaration of Continued Public Health Emergency” [photo: FS]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — During the emergency cabinet meeting Sunday, there were a few issues relating to actions taken by ASG during the governor’s emergency declarat
Two former O&O employees change their pleas
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Two of the three former employees of O&O Enterprises in Nuuuli charged for their alleged connection in a scam that cost the company over $19,000 have entered into a
American Samoan Reserve soldiers’ readiness vital in the Pacific
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA – Tutuila, the largest and the main island of American Samoa, measures only about 21 miles across and about three miles from north to south.