March 2020
Gov. Lolo appeals to CDC for COVID-19 testing equipment locally
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov.
ASCC quarantine site
This Samoa News photo taken Wednesday morning from outside the closed gate into the ASCC gym shows some of the passengers undergoing a 14-day quarantine after arrival early this week on Samoa Airwa
Loka i le Faaoolima ae maua ai e Leoleo fualaau fa’asaina
Ua faaopoopo nei e le malo isi moliaga faasaga i se ali’i e 42 tausaga le matua mai Pago Pago, ina ua pu’e faapagota o ia ona o tu’uaiga i lona faaoolima i se isi tagata ae maua ai e Leoleo fualaau
Short staffed Public Defenders Office taken to task by high court
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Assistant Public Defender Rob McNeill admitted to the court that it was his office’s fault that caused defendant Peniata Ala to miss one of his hearings before the Court
Amata-cosponsored legislation will help student veterans during COVID-19
Washington, D.C.
OSHA case in electrocution death of three workers against Manu’a’s Inc. closed
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has closed its case against Manu’a’s Inc., dba Manu’a’s Discount Store, after the locally based comp

![Members of the American Samoa governor's coronavirus task force and working group provide a briefing to Governor Lolo Moliga and Lt. Governor Lemanu Maugu at the Governors Office in Utulei, American Samoa on March 14, 2020. [photo: ASG Facebook] Members of the American Samoa governor's coronavirus task force and working group](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/american-samoa-coronavirus_task-force-meeting-.jpg?itok=SGkY7vXt)

![This Samoa News photo taken around 6:10a.m Wed. shows construction of an extension to the Veteran Memorial Center. Inside, the facility is being upgraded to accommodate 50-army cots as a Health Department quarantine site. It’s unclear yesterday morning as to the status of the work inside. However, Public Works promised the governor on Monday that the construction work would be completed before the arrival of tonight’s Hawaiian Airlines flight. [photo: FS] Extension under construction at VA Center in Tafuna](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/va_center_update.jpg?itok=V_8YGvF3)



![Tiara Drabble (left) received two gifts from a long time Cost-U-Less employee for the Le Taupou Manaia Dance Academy “Toys & Joy Drive for Samoa” this past Dec. 2019. [SN file photo] Tiara Drabble (left) received two gifts from a Cost-U-Less employee for the Le Taupou Manaia Dance Academy “Toys & Joy Drive for Samoa” this past Dec. 2019](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/toys_drive_cul.jpg?itok=mFONjqTM)

![Vice Ranking Member Amata at a Capitol press conference supporting Veterans with Chairman Takano (speaking), Vice Ranking Member Dr. Roe, and other leaders of the Veterans Affairs’ Committee. [courtesy photo] Vice Ranking Member Amata at a Capitol press conference](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/vice_ranking_member_amata_at_a_capitol_press_conference_vets_committee.jpg?itok=I74p6h0K)
![Flowers with photographs in place at the site where three Manu'a Store employees died during a work-related accident on January 14, 2017. One year later, Toese Ume, who was a member of the local US Army Reserve at the time; Iosefa Elia and Saito Paulo, were remembered. The tragic incident occurred next to Manu'a Store at the Tafuna Industrial Park. [photo: TG / SN file] Flowers with photographs in place at the site where three Manu'a Store employees died](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/electrocution_memorial_6089.jpg?itok=qwdDgLzR)