March 2020
With isolation, abuse activists fear an ‘explosive cocktail’
(AP) — “Safer at Home.” It’s a slogan of choice for the mandatory confinement measures aimed at curbing the spread of the coronavirus. But it’s not true for everyone.
Encouraging Social Distancing
Most retail stores, like City Mill Hardware in Hawaii Kai, Hawai’i now feature tape lines, 6 ft apart to encourage social distancing.
Lolo asks feds to help evacuating US citizens stranded in Samoa
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Gov.
Molia fasioti tagata faamoemoeina le alii na ia faaoo maliu lona to’alua
Ua molia nei e le malo o Amerika Samoa le alii lea na ia fasi faamo’amo’a lona faletua seia oo ina maliu i le moliaga mamafa o le fasioti tagata faamoemoeina, atoa ai ma
StarKist forced to shut Ecuador factory even as American Samoa ops under strain
Guayaquil, ECUADOR — Major US tuna canner StarKist & Co has temporarily shut its major factory in Guayaquil, Ecuador, as the country steps up measures to prevent the further spread of
On hold: Tokyo Olympics postponed to 2021
TOKYO (AP) — The IOC announced a first-of-its-kind postponement of the Summer Olympics on Tuesday, bowing to the realities of a coronavirus pandem
Governor urges ASG workers 60 and over to work from home, all residents ‘stay home’
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — During a tape-recorded address aired on KVZK-TV on Sunday night, Gov.
Coronavirus restrictions affecting the justice system — Delayed sentencing, no TCF visitations
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Sentencing for a man convicted of unlawful possession of illegal drugs is again postponed until Tuesday next week, Mar.

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![Police caution tape surrounds a playground in Lake Oswego, Ore., on Tuesday, March 24, 2020, the day after Gov. Kate Brown issued a statewide stay-at-home order that closed many businesses, as well as all playgrounds, basketball courts and sport courts. As families across the country and the globe hunker down at home, it's another danger, equally insidious if less immediately obvious, that has advocates deeply concerned: A potential spike in domestic violence, as victims spend day after day trapped at home with their abusers. [AP Photo/Gillian Flaccus] Police caution tape surrounds a playground in Lake Oswego, Ore.](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/abuse_fears.jpg?itok=rIhpYCeo)

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